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OSCE supports Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry in the implementation of modern approaches of preliminary interrogation, coordination between police structures and gender mainstreaming

16 June 2022
Deputy Head of OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe Tea Jaliashvili (right) and representatives of Tajikistan's Interior Ministry (Ministry) in inauguration ceremony of Ministry's Women Council's office, Dushanbe, 14 June 2022. (OSCE/Bahrom Alimov) Photo details

The representatives of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (Office) and Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry (Ministry) inaugurated Ministry’s coordination centre and new office premises on 14 June 2022 in Dushanbe. 

The Office provided expert advice and material aid to the Ministry for refurbishment of four modern reception facilities equipped with video surveillance system and two-way mirrors. The facilities will allow for modern investigation techniques and serve for protection of witnesses. 

The Office also supported the Ministry in establishment of a new coordination centre capable of connecting the Ministry’s headquarters with its regional departments online for operational issues, as well as renovated offices of the Ministry’s Women Council to implement modern approaches of gender mainstreaming.

In the inauguration ceremony, the Deputy Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, Tea Jaliashvili, said: “Our work to further promote gender aspects in the work of the Ministry will be further strengthened.”

In addition to technical assistance, the Office supported the Ministry in the development of the draft regulation on the Association of Police Women and organized a round table discussion for Tajikistan’s law enforcement officers to review its Charter. 

The Deputy Minister of Interior, General-Mayor Saidnakhsh Rahmonzoda appreciated the fruitful cooperation between the OSCE and the Ministry and emphasized that despite of COVID-19 challenges in 2020-2021, the OSCE and the Ministry were able to continue the work for creating mobile police receptions and analytical units, as well as refurbishment of office premises in the Ministry and its district directorates. He expressed hope for OSCE’s continued support, including the organization of donor coordination mechanism for implementation of Ministry’s projects.

The Chairperson of the Women's Council, Colonel Bibikhol Khushbakhtzoda thanked the OSCE for support and informed that the Council will review the Charter of the Association of Women's Councils in August 2022 and will submit it to the leadership of the Ministry for approval.