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Kyrgyzstan’s civil society, National Penitentiary Service lobby for improved conditions for life-term prisoners

Publishing date: 17 February 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights
A roundtable discussion on a new vision for prisons in Kyrgyzstan was organized in Bishkek on 14 February 2011 by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the National Penitentiary Service and Citizens against Corruption, a human rights organization...

OSCE field operations in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan promote co-operation among border agencies

Publishing date: 11 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 11 February 2011- A five-day OSCE workshop that fostered cross-border co-operation between the Kyrgyzstan’s and Tajikistan’s border troops concluded in Bishkek today...

OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports gender approach to policing in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 1 February 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
Promoting a gender-sensitive approach in Kyrgyzstan’s police system was the focus of a three-day seminar supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and attended by senior officials from the Interior Ministry and other police structures of Kyrgyzstan...

OSCE trains civil society activists in Kyrgyzstan in human rights monitoring

Publishing date: 1 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights
BISHKEK, 1 February 2011 – A three-day capacity-building training course on human rights monitoring organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek started today in Bishkek...

OSCE-supported conference on local self-governance in Kyrgyzstan highlights importance of complementing political decentralization with fiscal restructuring

Publishing date: 28 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Good governance
BISHKEK, 28 January 2011 – The need to complement political decentralization with fiscal decentralization was highlighted at an OSCE-supported conference on local self-governance in Kyrgyzstan today...

Improving human rights in Kyrgyzstan’s prison system

Publishing date: 28 January 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Policing
Training on human rights and related issues for prison officers in Kyrgyzstan concluded successfully on 26 January 2011 in Bishkek. The series of lectures for prison personnel from the National Penitentiary Service (GSIN) focussed on developing the officers’ understanding of the importance of enforcing basic human rights standards in the penitentiary system...

OSCE Centre in Bishkek holds third in a series of training courses for Afghan customs officers

Publishing date: 24 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 24 January 2011 – A five-week training course for customs officers from Afghanistan, organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Training Centre of the Kyrgyzstan’s State Customs Service, started in Bishkek today...