4.7 The OSCE Mission to Moldova Background The Mission’s involvement with the police service in Moldova and support to capacity building continued in 2010, including assistance and advice being provided in relation to the policing of public assemblies, development of police reform, action against torture in detention, combating trafficking in human beings and dealing with domestic violence. The Mission also gave support to the development of co-operation between the law enforcement bodies of both parties in the framework of confidence building measures related to the Transdniestria conflict settlement process. Support to Transdniestria Conflict Settlement On 12 February, the Mission supported the first meeting of the Confidence Building Measures working group on law enforcement co-operation attended by representatives of the internal affairs bodies of Moldova and the Transdniestria region. The meeting effectively continued the work begun during the OSCE seminar on this topic in November 2009 and both parties agreed to exchange information on crimes committed on each side of the river and to assist each other with the apprehension of wanted people. Support to Police Reform and Capacity Building Mission representatives took part in all of the quarterly international donor co-ordination meetings established in the summer of 2010 by the newly appointed European Union High Level Policy Adviser to the MoIA. These meetings provided information on the international support to the police reform process in Moldova. From 25-27 October, the Mission organized and financed a study visit to the Police Service of Northern Ireland by officials from the MoIA and a representative of civil society. The visit, which was organized in co-operation with the Department of Justice of Northern Ireland, was in support of the MoIA’s Police Reform Road Map which has been developed with the assistance of the European Union. The Mission financed or otherwise assisted the participation of MoIA and police officials in other OSCE-sponsored events outside Moldova. In November the Mission arranged a study visit to the Turkish National Centre of Forensic Medicine and Turkish Human Rights Centre for four forensic medical experts from Chisinau and Tiraspol. This was followed later in the month by a conference in Moldova on modern methods used in forensic examination. These activities were aimed at strengthening capacities and co-operation among forensic experts from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River and at developing their skills to examine and document cases of torture. Training Police Officers on European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Judgments In May and June, the Mission, in co-operation with the MoIA and the General Prosecutors’ Office, held training seminars for police officers to develop capacities and skills necessary to avoid further convictions of the Republic Moldova by the ECHR. Social Re-integration of Ex Officers and Warrant Officers of the Carabineri In September, implementation started of a Mission project for the social re-integration of ex military officers and warrant officers of the National Army, Carabineri and Border Guard 66