In the context of the current draft amendments to the national legislation, aimed at empowering the Moldovan Equality Council with the right to apply to the Constitutional Court for constitutionality review of legislation, the EU/CoE Partnership for Good Governance Programme supports the Moldovan Equality Council (Council for Preventing and Eliminating Discrimination and Ensuring Equality) to train its staff on constitutional review of legislation.
Therefore, the Council of Europe is organising a set of 4 specific online courses aimed at supporting the Equality Council to prepare for this additional function once the amendments are adopted and the new mechanism is put in place. The goal of the training courses is to assist the Equality Council in fully applying Council of Europe human rights standards through consistent and competent application of the referral to the Constitutional Court.
First two courses were already held on 12th and 13th November while two more courses are scheduled for December.
This activity is being organised as part of the assistance provided to the Equality Council, partner institution of the national project “Strengthening the capacities of the justice sector actors to deliver justice in line with European standards, in particular to fight discrimination in the Republic of Moldova”, implemented in the frame of the joint EU/CoE Programme “Partnership for Good Governance II”.
