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OSCE/ODIHR trains Polish police officers on effective and human rights-compliant policing in Roma and Sinti communities
Publishing date: 6 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Policing, Roma and Sinti
Effective and human rights-compliant policing in Roma and Sinti communities was the focus of a two-day training course for 20 senior Polish police officers organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Krakow, Poland, in co-operation with the Regional Police Headquarters, on 5 and 6 December 2017.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organizes workshop for women on political participation
Publishing date: 6 December 2017
A three-day workshop for women on political participation, which was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, concluded in Tajikistan’s capital on 3 December 2017.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supports establishment of women’s caucus in Tajikistan’s parliament
Publishing date: 6 December 2017
A women’s caucus was established in Tajikistan’s parliament on 30 November 2017 with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, and the international community, different political parties, members of parliament, and civil society representatives.
OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on advancing rights of smaller communities, focusing on education, culture and media held in Skopje
Publishing date: 6 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Education
SKOPJE, 6 December 2017 – Senior representatives of ministries in charge of education, culture, and information society and administration came together today in Skopje to discuss ways to further advance the rights of smaller communities. The discussion, organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, in co-operation with the national Agency for the Community Rights Realization, aims at encouraging dialogue on equitable representation and on improving community rights in education, culture, public administration and media...
OSCE co-organizes roundtable discussion for law enforcement experts and officers from Belarus on best practices in combating corruption and financial crimes
Publishing date: 5 December 2017
An OSCE-led roundtable discussion on combating corruption and financial crimes for experts from Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, the Russian Federation and representatives of law enforcement agencies from Belarus concluded today in Minsk.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro co-organizes regional workshop for forensics experts on digital evidence
Publishing date: 5 December 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the Interior Ministry’s Police Forensics Centre, organized a regional workshop on Forensic Information Technologies for 15 digital forensics experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro on 5 and 6 December 2017 in Danilovgrad...
OSCE/ODIHR meeting explores importance of independent detention monitoring to protecting human rights while preventing violent extremism and terrorist radicalization in prisons
Publishing date: 5 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
The importance of independent detention monitoring bodies in assessing whether state measures to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) in prisons are human rights compliant was the focus of a workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic