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Prisoners' rights the focus of OSCE-supported training course in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 9 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAT, 9 April 2010- Twenty-seven prison officers from Turkmenistan's penitentiary institutions and three Police Academy instructors participated in a training course on international legal standards for the treatment of prisoners today...

OSCE supports travel document security in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 26 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Border management, Countering terrorism
TURKMENABAT, Turkmenistan, 26 March 2010- An OSCE-sponsored one-week training course on increasing operational awareness to detect forged documents concluded in Turkmenabat today...

OSCE holds lecture series on human rights in criminal justice at Turkmenistan State University

Publishing date: 17 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Education, Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 17 March 2010- Thirty-five students of the faculty of Law and International Relations at the Magtymguly Turkmen State University are learning about administration of criminal justice in a series of lectures which ends on Friday...

OSCE Centre in Ashgabat hands over legislative database to Justice Ministry

Publishing date: 9 February 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 9 February 2010- The Head of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Ambassador Arsim Zekolli handed over today to Turkmenistan's Minister of Justice Murad Garryev a searchable database...

OSCE Centre in Ashgabat announces photo contest winners

Publishing date: 17 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Environmental activities, Human rights, Gender equality, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ASHGABAT, 17 December 2009- The winners of the photo contest launched by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat to celebrate its tenth anniversary were announced today, with the first prize awarded to Igor Lomov for his photo "Twin souls".

OSCE Centre in Ashgabat promotes women's role in public life

Publishing date: 10 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
TURKMENBASHI, 10 December 2009- Twenty-five female parliamentarians from Western Balkan and Central Asian countries, representatives of the National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan...

OSCE Mission organizes first environmental film festival in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 7 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Media freedom and development
ASHGABAT, 7 December 2009- Ten films featuring environmental topics such as the energy crisis in North America, Cuba's green revolution in agriculture and the impact of the fishing industry on East Africa's marine environment were screened...