Online Training for Moldovan Civil Society on the ECtHR Judgments Implementation Process

On February 25 and 26th of 2021, EIN hosted its first online training session of the year. This session focused on Moldovan civil society’s engagement with the implementation process for judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

The first of the two sessions focused on the general implementation process.

EIN Director George Stafford and LRCM Executive Director Vladislav Gribincea provided welcoming remarks, which were followed by the first presentation. Tatiana Cojocaru, Lawyer at the Council of Europe’s Department for the Execution of Judgments, discussed how the implementation monitoring process works. More on the implementation process here and here.

Next, Agnes Ciccarone, EIN Programme Manager, discussed how NGOs can get involved in the implementation monitoring process, followed by the “The Dos and Don’ts of NGO submissions in the implementation process”, presented by George Stafford. The final presentation highlighted examples of successful advocacy in Strasbourg for the implementation of ECtHR judgments, provided by Ioana Iliescu, EIN Law and Advocacy Officer.

The second training session focused on how to address the issue of the non-implementation of ECtHR judgments in Moldova. This contained presentations from EIN and Moldovan civil society members and started with a discussion surrounding the ECtHR judgments pending implementation against Moldova by the Director of EIN.

LRCM gave the next two presentations. The first by Legal Officer Daniel Goinic on implementing ECtHR judgments in Moldova, covered the roles of the main actors involved in the process. The second focused on tips for effective domestic advocacy strategy for ECtHR judgment implementation by Vladislav Gribincea.

Alexandru Postica, Strategic Development Advisor of Promo-LEX, gave the following presentation, discussing his organization’s experience in advocating for the implementation of ECtHR judgments. Insights on this subject were also provided by Violeta Andriuta, a lawyer from the Women’s Law Centre.

The training was concluded with a breakout session. This activity allowed participants to discuss how they would write Rule 9 submissions on pending Moldovan cases.

We thank everyone who attended the training sessions, especially those who presented. We look forward to the next online training event!