OSCE Centre in Bishkek

Twenty years in the OSCE, Kyrgyzstan plays an important role for security in Central Asia and beyond. (OSCE/Maria Diveeva)
Twenty years in the OSCE, Kyrgyzstan plays an important role for security in Central Asia and beyond. (OSCE/Maria Diveeva)
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, was established by the OSCE Permanent Council on 23 July 1998 to encourage Kyrgyzstan's further integration into the OSCE community.

OSCE helps find ways to counter extremism and radicalization in prisons

Ways to counter violent extremism and radicalization that might lead to terrorism in Kygyzstan’s penitentiary establishments were discussed during a two-day seminar which started on 19 November 2012 in Bishkek. The event was organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Penitentiary Service...

Ethical standards in Kyrgyzstan’s media discussed at OSCE-supported event

BISHKEK, 2 November 2012 – Ways to improve ethical standards and relevant professional principles in online and print journalism in Kyrgyzstan were the key topic of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that took place today in Bishkek...
Medical staff from penal colonies in Kyrgyzstan take part in an OSCE-organized training course in Bishkek, 1 November 2012.

OSCE helps trains medical staff of Kyrgyzstan’s colonies

A three-week training course for medical staff of prison colonies concluded on 1 November 2012. The course was organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Penitentiary Service and was hosted by the Training centre for prison staff...
(L-r) Benjamin Moreau, Chief of ODIHR’s Rule of Law unit; Nurlan Abdirov, Member of the Kazakhstan Parliament; Eva Katinka Schmidt, Deputy Chief of ODIHR’s Rule of Law unit; Michael Grau of the Consulate-General of Germany in Almaty, and Stefan Buchmayer of the OSCE Centre in Astana, open the Fourth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia. Almaty, 29 October 2012.

OSCE/ODIHR Forum in Almaty promotes further reforms to criminal justice systems in Central Asia

More than 100 policymakers, academics, legal professionals and civil society representatives from across Central Asia highlighted recent reform initiatives, current challenges and the way forward in the region’s criminal justice sector at a two-and-a-half day forum that ended in Almaty on 31 October 2012...
Informational brochures on the requirements for passport photographs that the OSCE Centre in Bishkek provided for Kyrgyzstan’s State Registration Service, Bishkek, 23 October 2012.

OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan’s State Registration Service promote international standards in the production of travel documents

BISHKEK, 23 October 2012 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek presented information brochures on requirements for passport photographs to Kyrgyzstan’s State Registration Service today...

OSCE supports civil society and international participation to promote human rights and anti-corruption in Kyrgyzstan’s prisons

Two half-day workshops for the directors of penal colonies under Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary system took place on 18 October 2012 at the Training Centre for Prison Staff in Bishkek. The events were co-organized by the state penitentiary service, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Freedom House and USAID...

OSCE Academy in Bishkek hosts seminar on security in Central Asia

The fifth annual Central Asian security seminar took place at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on 13 and 14 September 2012...
Acting Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek Anders Troedsson, First Deputy Chairman of GSIN Kubanychbek Kinibaev, Counsellor to the Chairman of GSIN Kalybek Kachkanaliev, Chairperson of the Public Oversight Council Cholpon Omurkanova, Director of Freedom House in Kyrgyzstan Stuart Kahn and Deputy Chairperson of the Public Oversight Council Tolekan Ismailova, Bishkek, 12 September 2012.

OSCE supports human rights monitoring in pre-trial detention facilities and penitentiaries in Kyrgyzstan

A report on monitoring human rights in remand prisons and penitentiaries under Kyrgyzstan’s state penitentiary service GSIN was presented at a roundtable discussion on 12 September 2012 in Bishkek...
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