Guidebook on police reform published in YerevanNovember 19, 2014 - 15:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Reforming the police as a way to enhance criminal justice is the focus of a new guidebook published by the OSCE and presented Wednesday, Nov 19, to the staff and students of the Armenian Police Educational Complex. The guidebook provides some concrete examples of practical measures on how to improve collaboration in the area of police reform by various institutions of the criminal justice system, relevant governmental agencies as well as non-governmental security and justice providers and civil society. The publication was also presented at the Parliamentary Hearings on the topic of accountability and transparency of police activities, co-organized by the Office in Yerevan. It was also introduced to the police leadership and reform policy-makers in the Police Headquarters. "Reforms in one sector of the criminal justice system should be synchronized with reforms in other sectors to improve the entire criminal justice process and increase access to security and justice for all," said ambassador Andrey Sorokin, Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. "This guidebook will be an added value for the Armenian police, which is currently undergoing a significant process of reform." In addition to these activities, training courses on prevention of domestic violence and youth crime and on crime scene examination are organized by the Office jointly with the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of the Armed Forces in the course of this week. The guidebook has been translated into Armenian by the OSCE Office in Yerevan with the aim of making it accessible to all major key players involved in the country’s police reform process. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |