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OSCE trains Armenian and Georgian law enforcement officers on combating cybercrime through computer forensics and network investigation
Publishing date: 26 November 2014
TBILISI, 26 November 2014 – A two-day training course on combating cybercrime through computer forensics and investigating networks started today in Tbilisi, Georgia...
OSCE Special Representative marks 25 years of UN Convention on children’s rights, urges more protection efforts
Publishing date: 25 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Youth
PARIS, 25 November 2014 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, said today that more must be done despite 25 years of progress following the adoption of the UN’s International Convention on the Rights of the Child...
Regional conference in Vilnius promotes legal co-operation among central and east European countries in combatting terrorism
Publishing date: 25 November 2014
VILNIUS, 25 November 2014 – Promoting international legal co-operation between countries of central and eastern Europe in combatting terrorism is the focus of a two-day regional conference which opened today in Vilnius...
Serbian translation of OSCE-UNECE handbook of best practices at border crossings launched
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
The Serbian translation of the Handbook of Best Practices at Border Crossings – A Trade and Transport Facilitation Perspective, developed by the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), was presented on 24 November 2014 at a high-level launch event in Belgrade...
OSCE workshop on International Co-operation in Criminal Matters between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan opens in Bishkek today
Publishing date: 17 November 2014
Content type: Press release
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 17 November 2014 – A two-day workshop on international co-operation in criminal matters between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan law enforcement agencies and Prosecutorial and Central Authorities started today in Bishkek...
OSCE regional training course in Kyrgyzstan focuses on combating cybercrime through computer forensics and network investigation
Publishing date: 10 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 10 November 2014 – A five-day regional training course on combating cybercrime in Central Asia through computer forensics and investigating networks started today in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan...
Confidence building measures to enhance cybersecurity in focus at OSCE meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 7 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 7 November 2014 – Cyber-security experts and representatives of the private sector, think-tanks and academia are meeting in Vienna today to discuss the implementation so far of a ground-breaking set of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) agreed by OSCE participating States last year on reducing the risk of conflict stemming from the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), while exploring how the development of additional CBMs could be boosted.