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OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyz police learn about democratic means to maintain public order
Publishing date: 15 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Policing
BISHKEK, 15 May 2008- Helping police officers learn how they can maintain public order with democratic methods was the purpose of OSCE-organized courses offered to more than 250 police officers, the last of which concluded today...
Combating human trafficking, migrant smuggling in Central Asia focus of OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 14 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
TASHKENT, 14 May 2008- Building capacity of national criminal justice systems in Central Asia and improving co-operation and information exchange between investigative agencies and central authorities are the aims of a workshop in Tashkent today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo trains officials on maintaining humane conditions in prisons, holding cells
Publishing date: 14 May 2008
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 14 May 2008- A training course on protecting human rights in situations involving deprivation of liberty, organized by the OSCE Mission and the Council of Europe for government officials, will begin Thursday...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports police training on Roma history and culture
Publishing date: 9 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing, Roma and Sinti
SKOPJE, 9 May 2008- Teaching non-ethnic Roma police officers about Roma history and culture to help them overcome prejudices and stereotypes, with the aim of raising the quality of the police service in ethnic Roma areas, is the focus of a workshop...
OSCE Centre promotes transparency in police activities in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 May 2008
KOSTANAY, Kazakhstan, 6 May 2008- Improving interaction between the media and police agencies at the regional level was the topic of a roundtable discussion held today in Kostanay in northern Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre helps train Kyrgyz police officers on human rights principles
Publishing date: 18 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Policing
BISHKEK, 18 April 2008- Police officers from the Osh, Jalalabad and Batken provinces of Kyrgyzstan completed an OSCE Centre-organized course on human rights today...
Implementing UN convention on organized crime focus of OSCE Vienna meeting
Publishing date: 7 April 2008
VIENNA, 7 April 2008- Assisting OSCE participating States in implementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols is the focus of a workshop that opened in Vienna today...