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Gender equality and how to make the military more representative in focus of discussion in OSCE’s Forum for Security meeting

Publishing date: 8 March 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 8 March 2016 – Increased inclusion of women is beneficial for the military as diversity makes armed forces more effective, said speakers in today’s session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), which coincides with International Women’s Day. These benefits are particularly important when national armies take part in peacekeeping and peace-building missions abroad...

OSCE Supports Advanced Security Policy Course for Officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 1 December 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TUZLA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 December 2016 – The fourth Advanced BiH Security Policy Course, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Council of Ministers’ Inter-ministerial Working Group on Monitoring the Implementation of BiH Security Policy, concluded today in Tuzla.

OSCE organizes training on law-enforcement and media relations in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 14 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
ASTANA, 14 November 2016- An OSCE-supported four-day training seminar, which aims at improving the interaction between law-enforcement agencies and the media, began today in Astana...

OSCE supports regional session of Public Council of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry organized in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 28 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 28 October 2016 – The OSCE-supported regional session of the Public Council of the Interior Ministry (MoI) to uphold civilian oversight of the police reform that took place today in Jalal-Abad city for some 160 participants, including members of the Kyrgyz Parliament, representatives of the MoI, local police, authorities as well as civil society and mass media...

Prevention of sexual and gender-based violence in criminal justice facilities discussed at OSCE/ODIHR expert meeting in Warsaw

Publishing date: 18 October 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
Challenges and good practices in preventing sexual and gender-based violence in criminal justice facilities were the focus of a two-day meeting of practitioners in the OSCE region on 17 and 18 October 2016 in Warsaw. The event was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human

OSCE/ODIHR trains Albanian law enforcement officers on respecting human rights when countering terrorism

Publishing date: 18 October 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
Respecting human rights when conducting counter-terrorism investigations was the focus of an OSCE training session for law enforcement officers held in Tirana, Albania, on 17 and 18 October 2016. Organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Strategic

OSCE supports study tour to Turkey for representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry

Publishing date: 14 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BISHKEK, 14 October 2016 – A delegation of Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Interior consisting of Witness Protection Department officers and members of the working group on creating the State Witness Protection Programme (2017-2020) completed its five-day OSCE-supported study visit to Turkey today...