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OSCE/ODIHR trains law-enforcement officers on protecting human rights in countering terrorism
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
Respect for human rights in counter-terrorism policing was the focus of a training organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 26 and 27 November 2014 in Warsaw, Poland.
OSCE/ODIHR trains law enforcement officers in Bosnia and Herzegovina on protecting human rights in countering terrorism
Publishing date: 11 July 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
Complying with human rights standards while enhancing counter-terrorism strategies and skills was the focus of two days of training for law enforcement officers from Bosnia and Herzegovina organized in Sarajevo by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 10 and 11 July 2014.
Michael Georg Link takes up post as new ODIHR director
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 2 July 2014 – Michael Georg Link of Germany assumed his new duties on Tuesday as director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE trains border officials on protecting human rights in securing borders from terrorism
Publishing date: 11 April 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
Senior border officials from ten OSCE participating States and two Partners for Co-operation completed today a one-week course in Dushanbe on the protection of human rights when countering terrorism at the borders. The training course, which brought together 22 participants, focused on the need to
OSCE launches new guidebook on community policing in preventing terrorism
Publishing date: 17 March 2014
Content type: News
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Policing
VIENNA, 17 March 2014 – The role of community policing in preventing terrorism and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism is the subject of a new guidebook launched by the OSCE in Vienna today.
Protecting human rights during counter-terrorism investigations focus of new OSCE/ODIHR manual
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
Content type: News
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
A new manual for law enforcement officers on protecting and respecting human rights during counter-terrorism investigations was launched by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department/Strategic Police Matters Unit in Vienna on 29 November 2013...
OSCE/ODIHR delegation visits United States and Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility
Publishing date: 2 August 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
WASHINGTON, D.C., 2 August 2013 – A delegation from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) was in Washington, D.C. this week to gather information on proceedings before military commissions involving detainees at the Guantanamo Detention Facility...