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OSCE Office promotes community policing with conference in Baku
Publishing date: 9 June 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Policing
BAKU, 9 June 2011 – A two-day community policing conference, organized by the OSCE Office in Baku, began today with senior Azerbaijani police management, government agencies, civil society and international experts...
OSCE trains law students in Nakhchivan
Publishing date: 7 June 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
NAKHCHIVAN, Azerbaijan, 8 June 2011 – A three-day OSCE-supported court presentation skills course for law students at the Nakhchivan State University (NSU) started in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan (NAR) today...
OSCE Office organizes training course for law enforcement officials on interviewing techniques
Publishing date: 16 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Policing
BAKU, 16 May 2011 – The OSCE Office in Baku launched a week-long training course for investigators from the police and General Prosecutor’s Office on investigative interviewing techniques today...
OSCE promotes decriminalization of defamation in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 11 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 11 May 2011- The OSCE Office in Baku and the Azerbaijani Press Council organized a conference on decriminalization of defamation, which started today. More than 80 representatives of the government, parliament, civil society and the media will discuss decriminalization of defamation as a step in safeguarding freedom of expression and freedom of the media...
OSCE Office supports anti-trafficking week in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 5 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BAKU, 5 May 2011 – The OSCE Office in Baku together with several partners today announced the start of a week-long campaign to fight human trafficking...
OSCE Office in Baku holds workshop on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 18 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
GANJA, Azerbaijan, 18 April 2011 – A two-day workshop organized by the OSCE Office in Baku for regional authorities on the national action plan to fight trafficking in human beings started in the western city of Ganja today...
Head of the OSCE Office in Baku addresses anti-corruption forum
Publishing date: 15 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
BAKU, 15 April 2011 – Ambassador Bilge Cankorel, the Head of the OSCE Office in Baku, addressed an anti-corruption forum, organized by the State Commission for Combating Corruption, the Azerbaijani Confederation of Lawyers and the Information and Co-operation Network of NGOs fighting against corruption, in Baku today...