Roundtable - presentation of the study on "Strengthening the role of the Constitutional Court of Moldova"

An international event on the presentation of the study regarding the “Strengthening the role of the Constitutional Court of Moldova” was held on 17 July 2015.

Participants of this Roundtable were the authors of the study, Mr. Evgeni Tanchev, Vice-President of the Venice Commission, Ex-President of the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria, Mr. Tudorel Toader, Member of the Venice Commission, Justice of the Constitutional Court of Romania, Mr. Mirosław Granat, Justice of the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland, Mr. Vladimir Grosu, Minister of Justice, Mr. Gerhard Schaumberger, Chief of The Austrian Bureau for the Coordination for Technical Cooperation, as well as representatives from the judicial and academic fields of the Republic of Moldova.

The subjects discussed within the roundtable were:

- Composition and criteria for selection of judges of the Constitutional Court;

- Subjects entitled to lodge complaints with the Constitutional Court;

- Process of examination of complaints lodged with the Constitutional Court;

 The study will be finalized in the context of the Roundtable discussions.

The Roundtable is organized by the Constitutional Court in the context of the Justice Sector Reform Strategy for the years 2011-2016, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme in the Republic of Moldova (UNDP Moldova) within the “Strengthening Rule of Law and Human Rights Protection in Moldova” Project, funded by the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria, co-funded and implemented by UNDP Moldova in cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).