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OSCE-supported training course for Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies on countering drug crimes concludes in Osh
Publishing date: 21 October 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 21 October 2016 – An OSCE-supported two-day training course for some 20 officers from Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies on countering drug crimes concluded today in Osh...
OSCE Centre supports training for social workers of Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary institutions
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
BISHKEK, 30 September 2016 – Some 16 social workers of penitentiary institutions across Kyrgyzstan will complete a two-week capacity-building training course tomorrow, which is organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Kyrgyz State Service for Execution of Punishment (SSEP)...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains defence lawyers and prosecutors on right to liberty and freedom from arbitrary arrest or detention
Publishing date: 28 July 2016
BISHKEK, 28 July 2016 – A two-day training conducted by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek for 14 defence lawyers and 12 officers from the Prosecutor’s office on the right to liberty and freedom from arbitrary arrest or detention, ended today in the Kyrgyz capital...
OHCHR and OSCE strengthen capacities of defence lawyers in southern Kyrgyzstan on human rights standards
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 19 May 2016 – The Regional Office for Central Asia of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today completed a three-day training course for defence lawyers on developing effective litigation strategies before the UN treaty bodies...
OSCE Centre supports training of law students to enhance respect for rule of law in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 27 April 2016
BISHKEK, 27 April 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Human Rights Advocacy Centre and the Kyrgyz State Law Academy concluded a two-day training course for nine competitively-selected law students from different regions of Kyrgyzstan to enhance their abilities to observe and assess current gaps in the administration of justice...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports Kyrgyzstan’s efforts to join the Group of States against Corruption
Publishing date: 17 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Rule of law
STRASBOURG, 17 MARCH 2016- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported the participation of the Kyrgyz delegation at the 71st Plenary and Working Group Sessions of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) in Strasbourg, France...
Public administration reform know-how shared at OSCE Centre in Bishkek–organized study visit to Georgia
Publishing date: 24 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
TBILISI, 24 February 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the Justice Ministry of Georgia organized a three-day study visit of eight Kyrgyz Government officials to Tbilisi from 22 to 24 February 2016 to exchange experiences on reforms to public and municipal administration...