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OSCE Senior Police Adviser encourages further police reform in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing
YEREVAN, 17 July 2009- The Senior Police Adviser to the OSCE Secretary General, Kevin Carty, discussed Armenia's police reform with authorities during a visit to Yerevan today...
OSCE Office supports introduction of community policing in Armenia
Publishing date: 20 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
YEREVAN, 20 March 2007- Bringing police closer to the public and increasing citizens' confidence in police is the goal of an agreement signed today by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian Police...
OSCE Office in Yerevan visits penal colony for women and juveniles
Publishing date: 30 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 30 August 2006- OSCE Office representatives and board members of the Public Monitoring Group for Penitentiary Institutions today visited the Abovian Women and Juvenile Colony to present school-related items...
OSCE Office begins training course to monitor places of detention in Armenia
Publishing date: 26 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing
YEREVAN, 26 April 2006- A four-day training course to increase the professional capacity of public monitoring groups to monitor places of detention started today in Tsakhkadzor in Armenia. The course, organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan together...
OSCE and Armenia sign agreement on implementing major Police Assistance Programme
Publishing date: 29 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 29 July 2003- A Memorandum of Understanding launching a major OSCE Police Assistance Programme in Armenia was signed today between the Armenian Police Service and the OSCE Office in Yerevan. The signing ceremony comes after a visit in June...
OSCE trains Armenian police on countering domestic violence
Publishing date: 27 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
YEREVAN, 27 June 2003- An OSCE-organized training programme to enable Armenian police officers to more efficiently combat domestic violence began this week in the country's capital, Yerevan. "Domestic violence is an infringement of a person's...
New law enforcement project discussed in Yerevan
Publishing date: 21 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
YEREVAN, 21 May 2001 (OSCE)- Participants at a high-level two-day conference held in Yerevan discussed last week a new law enforcement project to be implemented in Armenia. The conference, which was co-organized by the OSCE on 17 and 18 May...