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OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports development of comprehensive anti-trafficking law in Ukraine
Publishing date: 30 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Rule of law
KYIV, 30 June 2009- A public hearing on Ukraine's draft law on combating human trafficking, drafted with assistance of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (OSCE PCU), was held in Kyiv today...
OSCE Centre co-organizes roundtable meeting on prevention of torture in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
ALMATY, 27 June 2009- Participants in an OSCE-supported meeting held today in Almaty discussed effective mechanisms to prevent torture in Kazakhstan and measures to strengthen the role of the civil society in monitoring places of detention...
OSCE Centre supports anti-corruption capacity-building training
Publishing date: 26 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Policing, Rule of law
ASTANA, 26 June 2009- Some 40 experts from the regional offices of the Kazakhstani financial police and the General Prosecutor's Office completed an OSCE Centre-organized course on best practices to prevent, investigate and prosecute...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports workshop to improve media reporting on security sector
Publishing date: 25 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development, Policing, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 25 June 2009- A workshop for Serbian journalists on security matters, aiming to help the participants improve their reporting, started today in Belgrade. The two-day event, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia...
OSCE Centre conference promotes efficient migration management in CIS region
Publishing date: 24 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ASTANA, 24 June 2009- A OSCE-supported conference that started today in Astana aims to promote efficient migration policies in Kazakhstan and other countries in the region through dialogue and exchange of good practices...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training course to help border police combat car smuggling
Publishing date: 24 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Policing, Rule of law
SKOPJE, 24 June 2009- An OSCE-supported training course that started in Skopje today aims to help Border Police and other police units improve their capacity to detect car smuggling...
OSCE-supported police outreach stations open in pilot community policing district in Armenia
Publishing date: 19 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Policing, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 19 June 2009- Two community police outreach stations opened today in Yerevan as part a joint project by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian Police to introduce community policing in the pilot Arabkir police district in Yerevan...