Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the
European Police College (CEPOL) along with members of academia. The TNTD/SPMU
shared with participants the OSCE experience in training needs analysis and curriculum
development.
On 14-15 May, upon request of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the
TNTD/SPMU gave a presentation on police-ethics at a seminar organized by the OSCE
Mission at Vlasic Mountain in BiH. Participants included representatives of the Ministry of
Security, as well as the Directorate for Co-ordination of Police Bodies and the Ministries of
Interior of the Federation of BiH and the Republika Srpska. The presentation focused on the
OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security and its provisions on ethics
and accountability in the police services in line with democratic policing principles.
On 16 May, the TNTD/SPMU, in the framework of a week-long training course on
“International Standards for Democratic Policing” organized by DCAF and the Serbian
Ministry of Interior, and supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, gave a presentation on
‘OSCE’s approach in developing and promoting democratic policing standards in the OSCE
region’. The main part of the presentation was dedicated to the introduction of the new
TNTD/SPMU Guidebook on Police Reform within the Framework of Criminal Justice System
Reform. Following the TNTD presentation, participants discussed the need to improve cooperation between police and other actors of the criminal justice system, including
prosecutors and judges, to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the entire criminal
justice process.
From 27 May to 1 June, the TNTD/SPMU participated in a “CiO Rapporteur Mission to
Mongolia”. Meetings were held with the Chairperson of the Parliament and the Foreign
Minister. In the margins of the mission, the TNTD/SPMU discussed possible OSCE
engagement with the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs, the Border Guards and the
National Security Service. The Mongolian side was very interested in the OSCE approach to
police reform and in further discussions of a possible future support. The discussions of the
TNTD/SPMU with the Mongolian counterparts were a follow-up to the high-level meeting in
Geneva on 2 April 2013.
On 1-2 July, the TNTD/SPMU, in co-operation with ODIHR, organized a roundtable
discussion on “Policing Assemblies in Compliance with OSCE Commitments” in Vienna, at
which some 30 police practitioners, academics and civil society representatives from ten
participating States took part. Participants discussed findings and recommendations of the
ODIHR report Monitoring of Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in Selected OSCE Participating
States (May 2011– June 2012) and shared views and experiences on how to improve
policing of assemblies based on lessons learned and good practices. The findings of the
roundtable were going to be incorporated into the third edition of the Guidelines of Freedom
of Peaceful Assembly to be published by ODIHR and the Council of Europe’s European
Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) in 2014, as well as into a new
Human Rights Training Guide to Policing Assemblies and a related Training Manual currently
being developed by ODIHR with TNTD. Experts identified new issues related to the use of
social media and discussed the balance of privacy concerns versus public safety information
needs.
On 3 July, the TNTD/SPMU, during a conference visit to Tajikistan, used the occasion to
discuss the envisaged Phase II of the Police Reform Programme in Tajikistan with the Tajik
Minister of Interior, and visited the Police Academy in Dushanbe where training curricula as
well as material needs were discussed with the Academy’s Director.
On 26 July, the TNTD/SPMU published the new guidebook on Police Reform within the
Framework of Criminal Justice System Reform. The TNTD/SPMU, in close co-operation with
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