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OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps train Central Asian police dog handlers to combat organized crime, terrorism
Publishing date: 28 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Education, Countering terrorism, Policing, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 28 August 2007- A four-month regional training course on combating organized crime and terrorism for 22 police dog handlers from Central Asian countries ended in Tashkent today...
ODIHR-sponsored summer school on criminal justice gets under way in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
TALGAR, Kazakhstan, 30 July 2007- For the second year in a row, the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has organized a summer school on criminal-justice issues in Central Asia...
New Moldovan anti-torture body needs to be independent and effective, OSCE Mission Head says
Publishing date: 19 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
CHISINAU, 19 July 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Louis O'Neill, today urged Moldovan legislators to ensure that a mechanism they plan to create that aims to prevent torture is effective...
Top OSCE official calls crackdown on human rights defenders 'dangerous development'
Publishing date: 13 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
VIENNA, 13 July 2007- OSCE participating States should work to ensure that crack-downs legitimate human rights concerns come to an end, participants agreed at an OSCE conference concluded today...
OSCE Office in Yerevan assists Armenia in improving cyber security
Publishing date: 10 July 2007
YEREVAN, 10 July, 2007- The OSCE Office in Yerevan handed over today the Armenian translation of the International Standard "Code of Practice for Information Security Management" (ISO 17799) to the National Institute of Standardization.
OSCE Centre trains members of Tajik Parliament to create and improve gender laws
Publishing date: 5 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
KHOJA OBI GARM, Tajikistan, 5 July 2007- Raising awareness of gender equality issues among members of the Tajik Parliament was the aim of a five-day OSCE-supported training course in the mountainous health resort of Khoja Obi Garm in central Tajikistan.
OSCE-supported report recommends revision of state migration strategy and legislation
Publishing date: 3 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Education, National minority issues, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 3 July 2007- The findings of an OSCE Office in Yerevan-supported study on migration legislation and administration in Armenia were discussed at a meeting today attended by experts from key Government and international institutions...