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OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyz police learn about democratic means to maintain public order
Publishing date: 15 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Policing
BISHKEK, 15 May 2008- Helping police officers learn how they can maintain public order with democratic methods was the purpose of OSCE-organized courses offered to more than 250 police officers, the last of which concluded today...
Combating human trafficking, migrant smuggling in Central Asia focus of OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 14 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
TASHKENT, 14 May 2008- Building capacity of national criminal justice systems in Central Asia and improving co-operation and information exchange between investigative agencies and central authorities are the aims of a workshop in Tashkent today...
OSCE Warsaw conference to discuss role of constitutional justice in protecting human rights
Publishing date: 14 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 14 May 2008- A conference on the role of constitutional justice in protecting human rights and upholding the rule of law in the OSCE region opened in Warsaw today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo trains officials on maintaining humane conditions in prisons, holding cells
Publishing date: 14 May 2008
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 14 May 2008- A training course on protecting human rights in situations involving deprivation of liberty, organized by the OSCE Mission and the Council of Europe for government officials, will begin Thursday...
OSCE Mission to Skopje encourages co-operation between state and local authorities to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 13 May 2008- Fostering co-operation between state institutions and civil society to combat human trafficking and strengthening the role of the country's National Referral Mechanism Office at the local level, is the aim of a...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Kyrgyz President to veto amendments that curb new public-service broadcaster's independence
Publishing date: 13 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 13 May 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media today asked Kyrgyz President Bakiev to veto recent amendments to the country's broadcasting law, saying they would eliminate the independence of the public-service broadcaster...
OSCE Office helps train Azerbaijani judges and prosecutors to fight human trafficking
Publishing date: 12 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BAKU, 12 May 2008- A training course for judges and public prosecutors on combating human trafficking, organized by the OSCE Office, began in Baku today...