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OSCE Centre in Bishkek marks International Human Rights Day with discussion on its trial monitoring results
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2016, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Human Rights Advocacy Centre held a roundtable discussion on the results of their monitoring of court hearings, with the aim of analysing the findings and collecting recommendations from participants, which included representatives of state structures, civil society and international organizations...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports children’s theatre performance to mark International Day of Human Rights
Publishing date: 6 December 2016
BISHKEK, 6 December 2016 – On the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the Ombudsman of Kyrgyzstan, supported the production of a theatre play, I Have a Right! for children from social care homes in the Bishkek and Chui provinces...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports roundtable discussion on identifying the training needs of parliamentary staff
Publishing date: 2 December 2016
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a roundtable discussion in the Kyrgyz capital on 2 December 2016 focusing on the results of a needs assessment study by the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (APAPKR) to identify the training requirements of parliamentary staff. It is first time Kyrgyzstan has conducted this kind of assessment since the country’s independence...
OSCE supports seminar in Kyrgyzstan on preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism among youth
Publishing date: 14 November 2016
Some 40 representatives of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry’s Juvenile Delinquency Inspectorate and the 10th Main Directorate of the Ministry on countering violent extremism participated in an OSCE-supported seminar on preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) among youth, on 10-12 November 2016 in Bulan-Sogottu village, Issyk-Kul province.
OSCE-co-organized forum of women candidates for local council elections concludes in Osh
Publishing date: 5 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections, Gender equality
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 5 November 2016 – A forum of women candidates for local council elections was organized today in Osh city with the aim of encouraging some 125 graduates of Women’s Leadership Schools from the Bishkek, Issyk-Kul, Osh and Batken regions to participate in the 11 December local council elections...
OSCE supports training seminar for Kyrgyz judges on facilitating citizens’ access to justice on environmental issues
Publishing date: 4 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 4 November 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported Kyrgyzstan’s Aarhus Centre Network and the Training Centre of the country’s Supreme Court to conduct training for judges on facilitating citizens’ access to justice on environmental matters, thereby fostering the implementation of the third pillar of the Aarhus Convention...
OSCE supports conference on development and sustainability of Youth Councils in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 29 October 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 29 October 2016 – An OSCE-supported conference on the development and sustainability of Youth Councils in Kyrgyzstan began today in Osh city bringing together some 55 young activists, including the chairpersons and leaders of 13 Territorial Youth Councils of Osh, the Youth Co-ordination Council of Tokmok city, the representatives of seven districts of Osh and activists from Batken, Chui and Jalal-Abad provinces.