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Kyrgyzstan|life|June 18, 2015 / 04:33 PM
Protection for witnesses, victims during criminal justice process discussed in Bishkek

AKIPRESS.COM - Witness Protection Program The OSCE Center in Bishkek in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior of Kyrgyzstan and the State Juridical Academy under the Government today opened a two-day international conference in Bishkek focusing on the protection of witnesses and victims of organized crime in the criminal justice process.

The conference aims at promoting advanced policies and practices for law-enforcement agencies, prosecutor’s offices and judiciaries on safety measures that will support the implementation of national witness protection programmes and enhance national efforts in combating organized and other serious crimes.

Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, the head of the OSCE Center in Bishkek, said: “The OSCE Center highly evaluates the political will demonstrated by the Government in the systematic fight against organized crime and protection of human rights as part of the integrated national security system in accordance with its national and international commitments. We express commitment for cooperation with all law enforcement agencies, and civil society, in order to support initiatives aimed at ensuring the safety and protection of citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic.”

Some 50 representative of law enforcement agencies of Kyrgyzstan, donors, international organizations, scientific and civil society as well as media are participating in the event.

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