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OSCE training strengthens criminal justice responses to violence against women and girls in Serbia
Publishing date: 1 December 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
During the 16 Days of Activism campaign, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Serbian Justice and Interior Ministries delivered a training course helping police officers and prosecutors from several Serbian municipalities effectively respond to cases of violence against women and girls while maintaining a victim-centred approach.
OSCE joins 16 Days of Activism campaign, calls for immediate action to eliminate violence against women and girls
Publishing date: 25 November 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Gender equality
SKOPJE/VIENNA/WARSAW, 25 November 2023- Launching the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, OSCE leaders called on participating States to step up their efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls, end impunity and support survivors.
Prevention and fight against femicide in focus of OSCE-organized conference
Publishing date: 24 November 2023
On 24 November, OSCE participating States met in Vienna at an event hosted by the Secretary General to seek an end to the scourge of femicide and to develop a roadmap to end the killing of women, merely for being women.
Criminal intelligence analysis: OSCE and INTERPOL join forces to support Kyrgyz police officers
Publishing date: 24 November 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
From 20 to 24 November, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and INTERPOL in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the Ministry of Interior of the Kyrgyz Republic, conducted a training course on criminal intelligence analysis for Kyrgyz police officers.
Protection of soft targets from terrorist attacks: government officials from Tajikistan conclude OSCE-led study visit to France
Publishing date: 24 November 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Countering terrorism
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, and the Permanent Representation of France to the OSCE organized a study visit to Paris for government officials from Tajikistan, familiarizing them with France’s approach to the protection of soft targets from terrorist attacks.
OSCE delivers a lecture on cryptocurrencies for police cadets in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 23 November 2023
Content type: News
On 23 November, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organized a lecture on cryptocurrency-related crimes for the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Tashkent. The OSCE briefed around 120 cadets and
Strengthening professional development on cybercrime: OSCE regional workshop in Tashkent
Publishing date: 22 November 2023
Content type: News
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan brought together twenty-five senior representatives from all the major Central Asian law enforcement educational institutions and the staff from the regional OSCE field operations to discuss best practices in training criminal justice practitioners on the investigation of cybercrimes and other crimes involving electronic evidence.