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OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training course for new police inspectors
Publishing date: 15 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Education, Policing, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 15 September 2008-A three-week training course on community policing organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje started today in the southern village of Krani...
OSCE official urges States to put victims' rights at the centre when investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases
Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
HELSINKI, 10 September 2008- The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, urged OSCE participating States today to put victims' rights at the centre when investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases...
UNMIK downsizing gives OSCE opportunity for larger role in Kosovo, UNMIK head says
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 4 September 2008- The reconfiguration of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) offers the OSCE an opportunity to make an even more concrete impact in Kosovo, UNMIK head Lamberto Zannier told the OSCE Permanent...
OSCE Centre workshop helps Kyrgyz authorities learn about good practices in ID processing
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Education, Policing, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 4 September 2008- Effective and secure processing, issuing and verification of identification- and travel-documents was the focus of a three-day OSCE workshop that ended today in Bishkek...
OSCE rights body, Council of Europe express disappointment at signing of amendments to Kyrgyzstan's assembly law
Publishing date: 27 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
WARSAW/STRASBOURG, 27 August 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe today expressed their disappointment at the signing into law of amendments to Kyrgyzstan's...
OSCE Office supports training on conflict prevention in Kyrgyz penitentiary facilities
Publishing date: 21 August 2008
JALAL ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 21 August 2008- Methods of conflict prevention in detention facilities was the focus of a training course that ended in Jalal Abad today...
OSCE Centre in Astana organizes discussion of Kazakhstan penal reform
Publishing date: 14 August 2008
ASTANA, 14 August 2008- Ways to improve the Kazakhstan penitentiary system and penal legislation is the focus of a discussion in Astana today...