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OSCE Centre supports study visit to Latvia and Finland for Kyrgyzstan penitentiary officials
Publishing date: 26 August 2011
A study tour to Latvia and Finland for representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s penal enforcement body took place from 21 to 27 August 2011, organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek with support of the Permanent Mission of Finland to the OSCE...
OSCE Centre supports free legal consultation for residents in border areas in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 14 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Rule of law
A series of legal consultations were held between 6 and 14 July 2011 in the border districts of the Osh and Jalal-Abad Provinces with support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek holds joint training for Afghan and Kyrgyz customs officers
Publishing date: 27 April 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing, Rule of law
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek held training sessions on vehicle and container searches and border operations for Kyrgyz and Afghan customs officers at the customs point Ak-Jol on the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border. Twenty participants from Afghanistan, including three trainers, together with customs instructors from the Training Centre of the State Customs Service of Kyrgyzstan as well as customs officers working at Ak-Jol border point, attended the course...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports debate on preventing corruption
Publishing date: 26 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Good governance, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 26 April 2011 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek in cooperation with non-governmental organization the International Business Council held an open meeting today to discuss best practices in preventing corruption...
OSCE Centre supports rehabilitation for drug and alcohol-addicted inmates in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 April 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
Fifty representatives of rehabilitation centres, prisons’ administrations, international organizations and civil society took part in an OSCE-supported event to celebrate the seventh anniversary of "Atlantis" rehabilitation centres for drug and alcohol-addicted inmates on 21 April, 2011 at the Training Centre of the State Service of Execution of Punishment in Bishkek...
Experts discuss ways to strengthen independence of Kyrgyz judiciary at OSCE-organized meeting
Publishing date: 20 April 2011
BISHKEK, 20 April 2011- Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Kyrgyzstan’s judiciary is the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic today in Bishkek...
UN, OSCE and EU envoys for Kyrgyzstan issue statement to mark anniversary of April 2010 events
Publishing date: 14 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 14 April 2011 – Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Miroslav Jenca, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Kyrgyzstan Herbert Salber, and EU Special Representative for Central Asia Pierre Morel made the following statement today...