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OSCE Centre in Astana launches seminar series to promote democratic policing
Publishing date: 19 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Policing
ASTANA, 19 May 2010- A seminar series to introduce a human rights curriculum into police education institutions across Kazakhstan began today with the launch of an OSCE-supported human rights handbook for police schools...
OSCE Centre supports forum on Internet development in Central Asia
Publishing date: 29 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
ALMATY, 29 April 2010- A two-day forum on development of the Internet in the Central Asian region co-organized by the OSCE Centre started in Almaty today...
Atyrau Aarhus Centre can help find solutions for Caspian Sea regions, says head of OSCE Centre
Publishing date: 28 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities, Human rights, Rule of law
ATYRAU, 28 April 2009- The OSCE-supported Aarhus Centre in Atyrau, in an oil- and gas-rich region of Kazakhstan near the Caspian Sea, can help find solutions for the social and environmental rehabilitation of the Caspian Sea region...
OSCE Centre in Astana launches series of seminars on international standards and practices for combating torture
Publishing date: 29 March 2010
KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan, 29 March 2010- A seminar supported by the OSCE Centre aimed at raising law-enforcement bodies' awareness of international standards regarding torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment opened today...
OSCE Centre supports conference on establishing national preventive mechanism on torture in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 February 2010
ASTANA, 15 February 2010- A two-day conference co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana to discuss implementation of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and the development of a national preventive mechanism started today...
OSCE Centre facilitates discussion on simplification of pre-trial criminal procedures in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
ASTANA, 22 December 2009- A recently adopted law that aims to simplify preliminary criminal investigation procedures in Kazakhstan was in focus at an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that was held in Astana today.
OSCE Centre in Astana supports conference for law students on International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 10 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
ALMATY, 10 December 2009- Law students, young academics and law school professors discussed Kazakhstan's international human rights commitments and mechanisms for their implementation at an OSCE Centre-supported conference in Almaty today...