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OSCE trains Kazakhstan's police on human rights
ALMATY 20 December 2004
ALMATY, 20 December 2004 - Human rights and democratic policing was the theme of a three-day training programme held by the OSCE in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, last week.
The scheme focused on developing skills to assist citizens in a professional manner, in line with international human rights standards.
The Head of the OSCE Centre in Almaty, Ambassador Ivar Vikki, said that the training was a sign of enhanced co-operation with Kazakhstan's police authorities, aimed at improving their work while ensuring compliance to international norms.
"The key to ensuring success is that the outside trainers are not only well qualified police officers, but are also able to respect and connect to fellow police officers of the host country," he said.
Twenty police officers from different regions of Kazakhstan took part in the training, organized by the Centre jointly with the OSCE Secretariat's Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
The training scheme follows up a recommendation by an SPMU assessment mission in November, intended to develop a comprehensive programme for co-operation on law enforcement issues in Kazakhstan.
The scheme focused on developing skills to assist citizens in a professional manner, in line with international human rights standards.
The Head of the OSCE Centre in Almaty, Ambassador Ivar Vikki, said that the training was a sign of enhanced co-operation with Kazakhstan's police authorities, aimed at improving their work while ensuring compliance to international norms.
"The key to ensuring success is that the outside trainers are not only well qualified police officers, but are also able to respect and connect to fellow police officers of the host country," he said.
Twenty police officers from different regions of Kazakhstan took part in the training, organized by the Centre jointly with the OSCE Secretariat's Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
The training scheme follows up a recommendation by an SPMU assessment mission in November, intended to develop a comprehensive programme for co-operation on law enforcement issues in Kazakhstan.