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Uzbek prison officials, NGOs to undergo OSCE training in Poland
TASHKENT 6 October 2003
TASHKENT, 6 October 2003 - Representatives from Uzbek prisons, the Ombudman's Office and non-governmental organizations will attend an OSCE training programme in Poland on international prison standards.
The training scheme, which starts tomorrow and will last until 19 October, forms the second stage of a prison reform programme for Uzbekistan, launched by the OSCE in August this year. The programme aims at designing a stable and systematic training format for prison officials and a sustainable way of monitoring prisoners' and detainees' rights by NGOs.
With visits to Polish penal institutions, the Poland scheme follows a series of seminars on international standards on prison conditions and treatment of prisoners, held in Uzbekistan in August.
It will cover general issues of prison administration and a framework for training prison officials. It will also address specific issues of treatment of inmates, as well as ways of co-operating between NGOs and the prison system. International penitentiary standards will be the basis for the education.
Seven prison officials and two representatives each from the Ombudsman's Office and NGOs will visit several locations throughout Poland. The project is carried out by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
The training scheme, which starts tomorrow and will last until 19 October, forms the second stage of a prison reform programme for Uzbekistan, launched by the OSCE in August this year. The programme aims at designing a stable and systematic training format for prison officials and a sustainable way of monitoring prisoners' and detainees' rights by NGOs.
With visits to Polish penal institutions, the Poland scheme follows a series of seminars on international standards on prison conditions and treatment of prisoners, held in Uzbekistan in August.
It will cover general issues of prison administration and a framework for training prison officials. It will also address specific issues of treatment of inmates, as well as ways of co-operating between NGOs and the prison system. International penitentiary standards will be the basis for the education.
Seven prison officials and two representatives each from the Ombudsman's Office and NGOs will visit several locations throughout Poland. The project is carried out by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).