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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities’ Policing Recommendations remain relevant 15 years after publication, say speakers at anniversary conference
Publishing date: 5 November 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues, Policing
VIENNA, 5 November 2021 – A holistic approach to policing needs to be considered when maintaining public safety in diverse societies, said OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov at a conference marking the 15th anniversary of the Recommendations on Policing in Multi-Ethnic Societies (Policing Recommendations), held today in the Hofburg in Vienna.
OSCE supports Rural Women’s Forum in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 5 November 2021
The Rural Women’s Forum, organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, took place in Nur-Sultan on 5 November 2021 in a blended format. The event was held in co-operation with the Coalition for Green Economy and G-Global Development, the National Commission for Women Affairs, Family and Demographic Policy under the President of Kazakhstan and the Coca Cola Foundation.
Preventing and countering corruption at border in focus of OSCE-supported Regional Anti-corruption Platform annual meeting
Publishing date: 5 November 2021
Recent developments, challenges and achievements in preventing and countering corruption at the border were in focus of the two-day annual meeting of the OSCE-supported Regional Anti-corruption Platform, which concluded on 3 November 2021 in Vienna.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina works with judges and prosecutors to improve efficiency in trial proceedings
Publishing date: 5 November 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Judges and prosecutors from across the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina worked to improve the efficiency of trials and reduce the length of proceedings during a workshop held on 5 November 2021 in Teslić. The event was organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in co-operation with the Federation’s Judicial and Prosecutorial Training Centre.
A community-policing approach to prevention of violent extremism and radicalization leading to terrorism in focus at OSCE training course in Skopje
Publishing date: 5 November 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Countering terrorism
Developing and strengthening the engagement between the police and the community in order to prevent and counter violent extremisms and radicalisation that lead to terrorism was the aim of an OSCE training course held from 3 to 5 November 2021 in Skopje.
OSCE organizes training course on seaport security management in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 5 November 2021
Modernization of seaport control procedures following the COVID-19 pandemic was the focus of an OSCE-organized online training course that took place from 1 to 5 November 2021.
First national simulation-based training on combating trafficking in persons held in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 November 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
A four-day national simulation-based training on combating trafficking in persons concluded on 29 October 2021 in Safed-Dara, Tajikistan. The event was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and the OSCE’s Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings.