News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre, Kyrgyz Interior Ministry hold conference on crime prevention
Publishing date: 28 May 2008
BISHKEK, 28 May 2008- Crime prevention, modern investigation techniques and forensic analysis practices are on the agenda of a conference that opened in Bishkek today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains police in interview skills
Publishing date: 16 May 2008
SKOPJE, 16 May 2008- Forty-two high ranking police officers from the Interior Ministry's Internal Affairs division and other departments completed today a training course in interview skills, organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje....
OSCE Centre trains Kyrgyz police officers on human rights
Publishing date: 16 May 2008
BISHKEK, 16 May 2008- More than 600 police officers and representatives of civil society from the Issyk-Kul and Naryn provinces of Kyrgyzstan will complete tomorrow an OSCE-organized training course on human rights...
Human trafficking, migrant smuggling in Central Asia threaten security and human rights, says OSCE official
Publishing date: 15 May 2008
TASHKENT, 15 May 2008- The need to distinguish between trafficking in human beings and human smuggling, and to tackle the crimes from both a security and human rights perspective, were emphasized at an OSCE workshop that concluded in Tashkent today...
OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyz police learn about democratic means to maintain public order
Publishing date: 15 May 2008
BISHKEK, 15 May 2008- Helping police officers learn how they can maintain public order with democratic methods was the purpose of OSCE-organized courses offered to more than 250 police officers, the last of which concluded today...
Combating human trafficking, migrant smuggling in Central Asia focus of OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 14 May 2008
TASHKENT, 14 May 2008- Building capacity of national criminal justice systems in Central Asia and improving co-operation and information exchange between investigative agencies and central authorities are the aims of a workshop in Tashkent today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo trains officials on maintaining humane conditions in prisons, holding cells
Publishing date: 14 May 2008
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 14 May 2008- A training course on protecting human rights in situations involving deprivation of liberty, organized by the OSCE Mission and the Council of Europe for government officials, will begin Thursday...