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OSCE Centre launches private-public mediation network in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 9 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing, Rule of law
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 9 April 2011- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek officially launched today a public-private network of mediators in southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports elaboration of Kyrgyzstan’s national strategy for inter-ethnic relations
Publishing date: 28 March 2011
BISHKEK, 28 March 2011 – Parliamentarians discussed a new framework document for managing Kyrgyzstan’s ethnic diversity at an OSCE-supported event in Bishkek today...
Kyrgyzstan’s civil society, National Penitentiary Service lobby for improved conditions for life-term prisoners
Publishing date: 17 February 2011
A roundtable discussion on a new vision for prisons in Kyrgyzstan was organized in Bishkek on 14 February 2011 by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the National Penitentiary Service and Citizens against Corruption, a human rights organization...
OSCE trains civil society activists in Kyrgyzstan in human rights monitoring
Publishing date: 1 February 2011
BISHKEK, 1 February 2011 – A three-day capacity-building training course on human rights monitoring organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek started today in Bishkek...
OSCE-supported conference on local self-governance in Kyrgyzstan highlights importance of complementing political decentralization with fiscal restructuring
Publishing date: 28 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Good governance
BISHKEK, 28 January 2011 – The need to complement political decentralization with fiscal decentralization was highlighted at an OSCE-supported conference on local self-governance in Kyrgyzstan today...
Improving human rights in Kyrgyzstan’s prison system
Publishing date: 28 January 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Policing
Training on human rights and related issues for prison officers in Kyrgyzstan concluded successfully on 26 January 2011 in Bishkek. The series of lectures for prison personnel from the National Penitentiary Service (GSIN) focussed on developing the officers’ understanding of the importance of enforcing basic human rights standards in the penitentiary system...
OSCE Centre helps strengthen gender sensitivity in southwestern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 19 November 2010- Addressing gender issues such as domestic violence, bride kidnapping, polygamy and early marriage were the central theme of an OSCE-supported conference held today in Jalal-Abad...