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OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje community policing survey shows improvements
Publishing date: 8 December 2010
SKOPJE, 9 December 2010- A new survey on community policing, conducted by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, shows improvements and positive trends, the Head of the Mission, Ambassador Jose Luis Herrero, said today at a workshop on community policing...
OSCE Mission to Serbia hosts seminar for journalists from Pristina and Belgrade reporting on organized crime
Publishing date: 25 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Education, Media freedom and development, Policing, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 25 November 2010-An OSCE-organized seminar on investigative journalism focusing on coverage of organized crime for journalists from Pristina and Belgrade started today in Belgrade....
Statement by OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo on International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
Publishing date: 24 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 24 November 2010- On the occasion of 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, made the following statement...
OSCE expert report on the authorities' investigation of journalist's death
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
VIENNA, 23 November 2010- Today independent experts tasked by the OSCE completed an assessment of the ongoing investigation into the death of the Belarusian journalist Aleh Byabenin...
OSCE trains Turkmenistan police students on human rights protection in countering terrorism
Publishing date: 22 November 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Education, Countering terrorism, Policing
ASHGABAT, 22 November 2010-Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms in countering terrorism is the focus of an OSCE-organized training course for police students in Turkmenistan that started in Ashgabat today...
Azerbaijani police and internal troops learn how to best deal with crowds at seminar organized by OSCE Office in Baku
Publishing date: 22 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing
BAKU, 22 November 2010- A two-week training seminar on non-violent methods for crowd control, organized by the OSCE Office in Baku for police and internal troops began today in Ganja, the second largest city of Azerbaijan...
Methods to identify trafficking victims focus of OSCE-organized expert discussion in Vienna
Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
VIENNA, 19 November 2010- Experts in anti-trafficking discussed today how to help police officers identify human trafficking victims. The conclusions from the OSCE-organized meeting will be included in a guide that will be distributed to police...