experts, who discussed the content and revised the document. The handbook is to be
published by ODIHR as soon as the final revision is approved.
On 26-28 March 2014, TNTD/SPMU participated in the “Workshop on the OSCE Code of
Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security” in Belgrade. The workshop was
co-organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Serbian Ministry of Defence. It was
aimed at bringing together OSCE executive structures from the entire OSCE region as well
as host State representatives to discuss good practices in implementing the provisions of the
Code of Conduct (CoC) in the context of security sector reform. TNTD/SPMU contributions
focused on the role of the CoC in conducting security sector reform in general and police
reform in particular. Recommendations of this session included using the CoC as an entry
point to security sector reform and using specific technical guidelines on security sector
reform as complementary tools for operationalizing the normative provisions of the CoC. The
workshop was attended by some 56 representatives of OSCE executive structures,
government authorities, international organizations and think tanks.
On 24-25 September 2014, TNTD/SPMU participated in the “Human Dimension
Implementation Meeting” in Warsaw, organized by ODIHR. In the context of the side event
“Towards a culture of policing contributing to the prevention of torture”, TNTD/SPMU
delivered a presentation on the topic “Torture prevention as part of OSCE’s police-related
activities”. Around 40 participants attended the event.
On 9-10 October 2014, TNTD/SPMU participated in the workshop “Security Sector
Governance and Reform Focal Point Network” in Bratislava, jointly organized by the FSC
Support Section and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia. The workshop
marked the first gathering of the Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R) Focal
Point Network, kicking off the development of OSCE-internal guidelines on SSG/R for staff of
the executive structures. TNTD/SPMU shared its experience in developing operational
guideline documents and elaborated on the structure and content of TNTD/SPMU’s SSRrelated guidelines on Police Reform within the Framework of Criminal Justice System
Reform. Participants agreed on the target group, structure and topics of the guidebook. The
guidelines are planned to be published in 2015.
From 17-20 November 2014, upon invitation of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, TNTD/SPMU
presented on the OSCE’s holistic approach to police reform within the framework of criminal
justice system reform to various national stakeholders, including the Parliament of Armenia,
the top-level management of the Armenian Police Service, Armenian police training
institutions and civil society representatives. Through several events, TNTD/SPMU and the
OSCE Office in Yerevan, in co-operation with the Armenian Ministry of the Interior,
introduced the Armenian language version of TNTD/SPMU’s guidebook Police Reform within
the Framework of Criminal Justice System Reform. TNTD/SPMU also visited a community
policing site in Yerevan, established with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, to learn
first-hand about the experiences gathered during the implementation of this project.
In November 2014, TNTD/SPMU assisted ODHIR in reviewing a new draft of the Ukrainian
Law on Police and Police Activities forwarded by the Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner
for Human Rights. TNTD/SPMU’s several remarks were compiled into a comprehensive
ODIHR document titled Opinion on the Draft Law of Ukraine on Police and Police Activities,
for the Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner.
On 26-28 November 2014, upon invitation of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, TNTD/SPMU
participated in the “Workshop on Criminal Justice System Reform in South-Eastern Europe”
in Skopje in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The workshop gathered
representatives from law enforcement agencies and judicial authorities from Albania,
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