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Elevating Qualification for Judicial System: Intensive Training for Legal Professionals in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 May 2024
On 13 May 2024, aspiring legal professionals gathered in Astana to inaugurate an intensive legal training programme aimed at retraining potential personnel for Kazakhstan’s judicial system. The training spanned from 13 to 18 May, encompassing a comprehensive week-long educational endeavour. Prior to this, participants engaged in a two-week-long online training programme delivered by the Academy of Justice, supplemented by mock essay writing sessions, to fortify their foundational skills and knowledge.
OSCE organizes regional instructor development training for specialists from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 17 May 2024
A week-long Regional Instructor Development Training program concluded on May 17, 2024, at the Regional Explosive Hazards Training Center (REHTC) of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defense in Chimteppa, near Dushanbe.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo brings together young people of different backgrounds for its sixth edition of Youth Academy
Publishing date: 17 May 2024
The OSCE Mission concluded today in Prishtinë/Priština the sixth edition of its Youth Academy, marking the culmination of a transformative journey for 49 passionate young people of different backgrounds from throughout Kosovo. Over the course of five days, these motivated participants were part of
Training of police cadets and young inspectors strengthens criminal justice responses to violence against women and girls in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 17 May 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
From 13 to 16 May 2024 the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Police Academy organized four one-day introductory training courses on gender-responsive policing of violence against women and girls for police cadets and young police inspectors in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
OSCE delivers training on open-source intelligence and online investigations to law enforcement representatives from Kazakhstan and Tajikistan
Publishing date: 17 May 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
How to conduct online investigations as well as effectively identify and collect data and information from online open sources was the focus of a training course organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in Kosshy, Kazakhstan from 13 to 17 May 2024.
Second meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee to Counter Cybercrimes in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 May 2024
On 16-17 May, the second meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee to Counter Cybercrimes (hereinafter, the Steering Committee) took place at the Law Enforcement Academy under the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the city of Kosshy. The initiative is a part of the extrabudgetary project “Supporting the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Development of Effective Policies to Counter Cybercrimes (Phase I)” implemented by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana (hereinafter, the Office), in co-operation with the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and with the support of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Addressing Challenges in Adjudicating Discrimination: Tackling Inconsistent Application of Law and the Reversed Burden of Proof
Publishing date: 17 May 2024
The BiH Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination aligns with international human rights standards; however, persistent inconsistencies in court practices remain, notably concerning the burden of proof. To ensure the uniform implementation of the law, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina