OSCE HOLDS HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCERS

Civil Georgia, Georgia
Sept 13 2005

Twenty law enforcement officials in Samtskhe-Javakheti started a
three-day OSCE course on international standards for human rights
protection, including the rights of ethnic minorities, the OSCE
Mission to Georgia reported on September 12.

The training course aims at improving the capacity of judges,
prosecutors, lawyers and police officers in the region, which is
mainly populated by ethnic Armenians.

Experts from various Georgian NGOs and the Public Defender’s Office
are presenting the course, which also focuses on combating torture
and ill-treatment.