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Kyrgyz prison staff visit Poland on OSCE Centre-supported study tour
Publishing date: 18 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, Policing
BISHKEK, 18 May 2009- A group of prison system representatives from the Kyrgyz Justice Ministry traveled to Poland today for a one-week study visit on penitentiary system reform supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre supports public-private partnership conference to combat terrorism threat in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights, Countering terrorism
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 16 April, 2009- An OSCE Centre-supported conference on how co-operation in public-private partnerships can contribute to the fight against terrorism gathered more than 80 state, civil society and business officials for two days...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek donates cars, communication equipment to support prison safety reforms
Publishing date: 3 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 3 April 2009- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek donated three cars and 30 radio mobile communications sets to Kyrgyzstan's penitentiary administration, the State Department on Executive Punishment (GUIN), in a ceremony today...
OSCE Centre holds course for prison staff in Kyrgyzstan on international standards and human rights
Publishing date: 27 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
BISHKEK, 27 February 2009- Employees of the Kyrgyz penitentiary system have learned about international prison standards and human rights during a three-week OSCE-supported course that ended with a closing ceremony today.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports renovation of temporary detention facilities
Publishing date: 18 February 2009
BISHKEK, 18 February 2009- Temporary detention facilities renovated by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to meet human rights standards were presented today by representatives of the OSCE Centre and the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry...
OSCE Centre organizes seminar to improve criminal process standards in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 16 December 2008- Improving the handing of criminal cases through more effective co-operation between law enforcement and judicial bodies and the proper use of evidence was the focus of a seminar organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports Kyrgyz police reforms to prevent torture
Publishing date: 4 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Policing
BISHKEK, 4 December 2008- Doing more to prevent the use of torture in law enforcement structures and raising awareness of human rights was the aim of a conference at the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry today...