On 15 October 2025, the National Institute of Justice, in partnership with the Council of Europe, launched the online course “Refugee and Migrant Children”, aimed at strengthening the competencies of justice professionals involved in protecting the rights of children in migration or refugee situations. The event brought together judges, prosecutors, and officers from the General Inspectorate for Migration.
The official opening featured the online participation of Giovanni Battista Celiento, Head of the Cooperation Programmes Division of the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe, Ecaterina Popa, Head of the Training and Research Department of the National Institute of Justice, and Cornel Triboi, Deputy Head of the General Inspectorate for Migration under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The launch session, moderated by Tatiana Bedros, Project Manager at the Council of Europe, included a presentation by Ana-Maria Telbis, Head of the HELP Programme, who spoke about this programme – one of the main European training tools in the field of human rights for justice professionals – and its recent developments.
National HELP tutors and Council of Europe consultants Vadim Vieru and Nicoleta Hriplivîi provided details on the objectives and structure of the new course, the use of the HELP platform, evaluation methods, and the adaptation of the training modules to the national legal framework.
The course “Refugee and Migrant Children” will run from 15 October to 17 November 2025 and will equip participants with the tools necessary for the effective application of European and international standards and for the interpretation of relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights in cases concerning refugee and migrant children.
This initiative is implemented under the Council of Europe project “Strengthening the Human Rights Protection of Refugees and Migrants in the Republic of Moldova: Phase II”, carried out in accordance with the Council of Europe Action Plan for the Republic of Moldova 2025–2028.
