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OSCE Centre launches private-public mediation network in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 9 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing, Rule of law
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 9 April 2011- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek officially launched today a public-private network of mediators in southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports gender approach to policing in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 1 February 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
Promoting a gender-sensitive approach in Kyrgyzstan’s police system was the focus of a three-day seminar supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and attended by senior officials from the Interior Ministry and other police structures of Kyrgyzstan...
Improving human rights in Kyrgyzstan’s prison system
Publishing date: 28 January 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Policing
Training on human rights and related issues for prison officers in Kyrgyzstan concluded successfully on 26 January 2011 in Bishkek. The series of lectures for prison personnel from the National Penitentiary Service (GSIN) focussed on developing the officers’ understanding of the importance of enforcing basic human rights standards in the penitentiary system...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports training border officers to use Interpol database
Publishing date: 19 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing
BISHKEK, 20 December 2010- A training course for Kyrgyz border troops officers from remote border checkpoints in south Kyrgyzstan on the practical use of the Interpol database, organized by the Interpol National Central Bureau with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, started today in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre supports anti-trafficking training for border guard officials and transport police
Publishing date: 16 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 17 December 2010- An OSCE-supported training seminar for border guards, transport police officers and civil society representatives on the identification of human trafficking victims and inter-agency cooperation took place today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.
OSCE Centre helps strengthen gender sensitivity in southwestern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 19 November 2010- Addressing gender issues such as domestic violence, bride kidnapping, polygamy and early marriage were the central theme of an OSCE-supported conference held today in Jalal-Abad...
New training centre for prison staff opens in Bishkek with OSCE Centre support
Publishing date: 18 November 2010
BISHKEK. 18 November 2010- Head of National Penitentiary Service Sheishenbek Baizakov and the OSCE Head of Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Andrew Tesoriere, today opened a new OSCE-supported prison staff training centre...