News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports training for Tajik border guard services on refugees and asylum issues
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
The OSCE and the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) held an intensive train–the-trainers course for border guard officers on the rights of refugees and asylum seekers as well as reception practices at border entry points from 21 to 30 November 2011...
OSCE Office supports Croatia, Tajikistan exchange on police reform and family violence
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan and the interior ministries of Tajkistan and Croatia supported an initiative to share expertise and experience on police reform and response to domestic violence with community policing experts, civil society organizations and community crisis centres...
OSCE Office presents research on corruption in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
DUSHANBE, 9 December 2011 – The findings of an OSCE-supported study on perceptions and attitudes towards corruption in Tajikistan were presented today in Dushanbe in the first of a series of events for government, civil society and international organizations...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan helps Ombudsman and civil society prepare for joint monitoring of closed institutions
Publishing date: 25 November 2011
DUSHANBE, 25 November 2011- Monitoring closed institutions was the focus of a five-day training course for 30 civil society representatives and staff of the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman that concluded in Dushanbe today...
OSCE in Tajikistan helps develop university curriculum on international water law
Publishing date: 16 November 2011
DUSHANBE 16 November 2011- Principles for sharing water resources, best practices in river basin management, and tools to prevent and solve conflicts in international water law are the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop that ended today in Dushanbe...
OSCE Office helps Afghan and Tajik border guard learn from Lithuanian counterparts
Publishing date: 15 November 2011
Training for six Tajik and five Afghan border guard officials started on 14 November at the Border Guard School Medininkai in Lithuania...
OSCE helps address climate change risks in Central Asia
Publishing date: 14 November 2011
DUSHANBE, 14 November 2011 – Experts and policy makers from Central Asia will assess risks from climate change, discuss measures to protect environmental security in Central Asia and promote regional co-operation at a three-day event supported by the OSCE that began in Dushanbe today...