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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...
OSCE Presence, USAID publish book to assist implementation of domestic violence law
Publishing date: 31 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Education, Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
TIRANA, 31 July 2008- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) published this week a judicial manual that will help courts to implement the country's law on domestic violence...
Little progress in Kosovo justice system handling of March 2004 riot cases, finds OSCE Mission report
Publishing date: 3 July 2008
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 3 July 2008- The Kosovo criminal justice system still faces difficulties in handling cases concerning the March 2004 riots, according to a new report published by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today...
OSCE Centre trains Kazakh state officials to combat corruption
Publishing date: 27 June 2008
ASTANA, 27 June 2008- Kazakhstan's financial police learned about international best practices and methods for investigating corruption cases at a three-day training course that ended today in Astana...