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OSCE and partners support public discussion of Kyrgyz criminal and justice reform
Publishing date: 20 April 2015
BISHKEK, 20 April 2015 – A two-day roundtable to discuss draft laws on the Criminal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Civil Procedure Code, Penal-Executive Code, Code on Offences, as well as legislative acts on increasing the responsibility of judges, and legislative acts on bailiffs and others is being held on 20-21 April 2015 in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports national dialogue on protection of data and right to privacy
Publishing date: 26 March 2015
BISHKEK, 26 March 2015 – A two-day conference on population registration, data protection and the right to privacy, organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, with support of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the NGO Legal Clinic “Adilet”, opens today in Bishkek...
OSCE supports legal development of small arms, light weapons and ammunition disposal in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 12 March 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Arms control, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 12 March 2015 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek held today the third and final roundtable on the improvement of the Kyrgyz Republic’s normative framework on the management of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition (CA)...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports discussion on national strategy for developing the penitentiary system
Publishing date: 21 January 2015
BISHKEK, 21 January 2015- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Kyrgyz State Penitentiary Service today opened a roundtable discussion to evaluate progress on implementing the National Strategy on the Development of the Penitentiary System “UMUT 2”...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports establishment of witness protection unit in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 11 December 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported the establishment of a new Witness Protection Unit under the Criminal Investigation Department of Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry on 10 December 2014, by providing technical equipment that will ensure the information security of protected witnesses during the investigation of criminal cases...
OSCE/ODIHR supports discussions on criminal justice reforms in Central Asia at Fifth Expert Forum in Bishkek
Publishing date: 25 November 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
More than 65 policy-makers, academics, justice professionals and civil society representatives from Central Asia and the wider OSCE region came together on 24-25 November 2014 to discuss reform initiatives, current challenges and good practices for criminal justice systems at the Fifth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE, Kyrgyz Interior Ministry organize international conference on women’s role in law enforcement agencies
Publishing date: 16 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 16 October 2014 – The role of women in law enforcement agencies and their contribution to peace and security is being explored at a one-day international conference organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry in Bishkek today. The conference brings together representatives of law enforcement agencies from Central Asia, Afghanistan, Armenia, Sweden, the United States and Canada...