Staff of the Prosecutor General’s Office complete OSCE-supported training course on Kyrgyzstan's new criminal justice legislation

The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights supported a three-day training course for local prosecutors on Kyrgyzstan's new criminal justice legislation. The event was organized by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Kyrgyz Republic and held from 6 to 8 May 2019 in Bishkek. This is the first round of training for staff of Kyrgyzstan’s Prosecutor General’s Office. Similar training courses will be conducted in all regions of Kyrgyzstan throughout the year.

The purpose of the course was to improve the skills of prosecutors in the practical application of criminal legislation, procedures and the use of an automated information system called the Unified Register of Crimes and Misdemeanours.

The workshop was opened by Gulmira Davletbaeva, the Director of the Training Centre for Investigation Officers of the Prosecutor General’s Office and Kakhramon Sanginov, the Rule of Law Officer of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek.

In her welcoming speech, Davletbaeva thanked the partners for their ongoing fruitful co-operation in the regular organization of such training events and noted that the course contributes to the professional capacity and skills of the Prosecutor General's Office staff members.

Since 2018 more than 2,500 staff members of law enforcement agencies have completed training on new criminal legislation with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek.