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OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports enhancing regulatory legal framework for small arms and light weapons, conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Arms control, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 19 September 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Ministry of Defence of the Kyrgyz Republic today hosted the first roundtable discussion on improving the country’s regulatory legal framework for use of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition...
OSCE trains Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies on victim and witness protection
Publishing date: 17 July 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry and the Lithuanian Criminal Police Office conducted on 15 and 16 July 2014 a training seminar for law enforcement bodies on effective measures in protecting victims and witnesses of organized and serious crimes...
OSCE and partners co-organize public discussions on criminal justice reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
Representatives from the President Office, parliament, the Supreme Court, law enforcement agencies, the government and civil society gathered in Bishkek on 17 June 2014 to discuss rule of law and judicial reforms in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports public discussions of Governmental Counter-Torture Action Plan in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 23 May 2014
A public discussion on the Draft Governmental Anti-Torture Action Plan was held in Bishkek on 23 May 2014 within the framework of the OSCE-supported multilateral Memorandum of Co-operation on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
OSCE supports rehabilitation of drug and alcohol addicted prisoners in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 May 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
From 19 to 21 May 2014, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek has supported a two-day training course for 20 staff of the “Atlantis” rehabilitation centres for drug and alcohol-addicted prisoners located in seven penitentiary establishments around Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports dialogue on fight against organized crime in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 May 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the State Academy of Law under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, organized a two-day conference on 15 and 16 May 2014 in Bishkek on the fight against organized crime...
OSCE and Lithuanian experts sign agreement to support Kyrgyzstan police in combatting organized crime
Publishing date: 24 April 2014