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OSCE Mission helps strengthen crime scene investigation in Serbia
Publishing date: 29 September 2005
NIS, Serbia, 29 September 2005- In order to strengthen the capacities of the Serbian Ministry of Interior in crime scene investigation and evidence analysis, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro will tomorrow hand over forensics equipment...
OSCE police assistance programme helps set up emergency response call centre in Bishkek
Publishing date: 19 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 19 September 2005- A new call Centre, designed to ensure efficient and effective police response to emergency assistance requests from citizens, opened today in Bishkek. Funded by the OSCE Police Assistance Programme...
OSCE Mission holds human rights training for Georgian law enforcement officials
Publishing date: 12 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing
TBILISI, 12 September 2005- Twenty law enforcement officials in Samtskhe-Javakheti started a three-day OSCE course today on international standards for human rights protection, including the rights of ethnic minorities. Organized by the Mission...
OSCE Baku Office trains law enforcement agencies on freedom of assembly issues
Publishing date: 6 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Policing
BAKU, 6 September 2005- Over 50 representatives of Azerbaijani law enforcement agencies today completed one-week training programme on correct police conduct during public demonstrations and received certificates of recognition from the OSCE Office...
OSCE Mission assists Georgia in police reform
Publishing date: 2 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Policing
TBILISI, 2 September 2005- A team of OSCE police experts today met officials of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs to discuss short-term measures for the ongoing police reform in the country...
OSCE Mission to help train staff for new prison in western Georgia
Publishing date: 1 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Policing
TBILISI, 1 September 2005- The OSCE Mission in Georgia tomorrow begins a training course to assist the country's Ministry of Justice in establishing professional standards of penitentiary management in a new prison in Kutaisi...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes road safety for children
Publishing date: 31 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing
SKOPJE, 31 Aug 2005- Thirty-four traffic police officers today completed training on teaching road safety to children as part of the Children's Road Safety component of the "Road Safety for All" project.