Five Moldovan Courts Have New and Improved Webpages
In April 2019, five new upgraded court webpages — of the Balti Court of Appeal and the Balti, Drochia, Edinet, and Soroca District Courts — were launched and made accessible to the general public...
Moldovan Court Decisions Issued Before 2009 Are Now Digitized and Accessible to Court Staff
With the Project’s support, 740,824 decisions, amounting to over 2,278 million pages, from the Chisinau District Court’s 1973–2009 paper archive were digitized.
Open Justice also developed a web application that connects the digitized archive with...
The Superior Council of Magistracy Receives Guidelines for Well-Reasoned, Merit-Based Judicial Selections
To meet the public’s demand for a more fair and transparent process for judges’ selection and promotion, Open Justice developed and submitted Guidelines to the SCM on the reasoning of the SCM decisions on...
Moldovan Judges Train Other Judges in the Field of Judicial Ethics
On April 4–5, 2019, the members of the SCM’s JEC and 14 Moldovan judges took part in a two-day interactive training session to improve their own critical thinking skills when assessing ethical issues while...
The Judicial Ethics Commission Issues First Advisory Opinion on Ethics
On April 22, 2019, the Superior Council of Magistracy’s (SCM’s) Judicial Ethics Commission (JEC) issued an advisory opinion about judges’ impartiality, following a written request from a judge to clarify the phrase “other persons...
E-File Module Launched in the Cahul Court Of Appeal and the Cahul District Court
On April 1, 2019, Open Justice launched the piloting of the newly developed E-File Module, which allows attorneys to submit claims online. Twenty attorneys from the Cahul Bar took part in the piloting process....
Open Justice Pilots the Integrated Case Management System in Eleven Moldovan Courts
In January 2019, USAID’s Open Justice Project, in close cooperation with Moldovan counterparts, piloted the new Integrated Case Management System (ICMS) in three courts in southern Moldova. Between March and June 2019, the Project...
