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Rights of women to be included in police training in Albania
TIRANA 1 September 2000
TIRANA, 1 September 2000 - A new police training course will be added to the curricula of two police training programmes in Albania. The course, Policing the Rights of Women: Domestic Violence, Prostitution and Trafficking is the first course in Albania to sensitize police officers on issues of gender and provide them with guidance under international conventions and domestic law on the treatment of women who are victims of domestic violence and trafficking.
Developing the course materials was a collaborative effort. A local advisory board was formed and included members of local NGO's, a human rights training specialist from the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as curriculum development experts from the two police training facilities. The efforts were co-ordinated by the OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and OSCE Presence in Albania. Funding was provided from ODIHR as part of its gender initiatives programme.
The course will now become part of the new nine-month police basic training programme of the Multi-Advisory Police Element (MAPE) of the Western European Union in Albania. It will also become part of the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP), sponsored by the United States Department of Justice, which trains supervisory and mid-level manager police officers. The course is also being considered for inclusion in the training programme for Albania border police.
For more information, contact Penny Martin, OSCE Presence in Albania, Rr. Donika Kastrioti, Villa 6 Tirana, Albania, tel.: (+355) 42 35 993 ext. 153 or e-mail: oscepress@icc.al.eu.org
Developing the course materials was a collaborative effort. A local advisory board was formed and included members of local NGO's, a human rights training specialist from the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as curriculum development experts from the two police training facilities. The efforts were co-ordinated by the OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and OSCE Presence in Albania. Funding was provided from ODIHR as part of its gender initiatives programme.
The course will now become part of the new nine-month police basic training programme of the Multi-Advisory Police Element (MAPE) of the Western European Union in Albania. It will also become part of the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP), sponsored by the United States Department of Justice, which trains supervisory and mid-level manager police officers. The course is also being considered for inclusion in the training programme for Albania border police.
For more information, contact Penny Martin, OSCE Presence in Albania, Rr. Donika Kastrioti, Villa 6 Tirana, Albania, tel.: (+355) 42 35 993 ext. 153 or e-mail: oscepress@icc.al.eu.org