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OSCE-supported event promotes trust between police and society in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 1 May 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
An OSCE-supported public council meeting at the Ministry of Internal Affairs to discuss ways to enhance the level of trust between law enforcement and the public took place in Astana on 28 April 2017...

OSCE-supported regional peacekeeping course for military officers from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan concludes

Publishing date: 7 April 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
A two-week regional course for military officers from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on pre-deployment for peacekeeping operations concluded on 6 April 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

Prevention of torture in police custody and during criminal investigations at the centre of workshop co-organized by OSCE/ODIHR in Vienna

Publishing date: 28 March 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
The important role of procedural safeguards in the prevention of torture and other ill-treatment in police custody and during criminal investigations, as well as a discussion on developing a universal set of standards for non-coercive interview and evidence-gathering methods, were the focus of a workshop held in Vienna on 28 March 2017.

Gender equality and how to make the military more representative in focus of discussion in OSCE’s Forum for Security meeting

Publishing date: 8 March 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 8 March 2016 – Increased inclusion of women is beneficial for the military as diversity makes armed forces more effective, said speakers in today’s session of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), which coincides with International Women’s Day. These benefits are particularly important when national armies take part in peacekeeping and peace-building missions abroad...

OSCE Supports Advanced Security Policy Course for Officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 1 December 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TUZLA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 December 2016 – The fourth Advanced BiH Security Policy Course, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Council of Ministers’ Inter-ministerial Working Group on Monitoring the Implementation of BiH Security Policy, concluded today in Tuzla.

OSCE organizes training on law-enforcement and media relations in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 14 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
ASTANA, 14 November 2016- An OSCE-supported four-day training seminar, which aims at improving the interaction between law-enforcement agencies and the media, began today in Astana...

OSCE supports regional session of Public Council of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry organized in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 28 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 28 October 2016 – The OSCE-supported regional session of the Public Council of the Interior Ministry (MoI) to uphold civilian oversight of the police reform that took place today in Jalal-Abad city for some 160 participants, including members of the Kyrgyz Parliament, representatives of the MoI, local police, authorities as well as civil society and mass media...