ULAANBAATAR, 10 March 2015 – A three-day conference, organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, on the role of armed and security forces in democratic societies got underway today in the Mongolian capital, bringing together representatives from Central Asia and the OSCE’s Asian Partners for Co-operation. Participating in the conference are some 50 high-ranking officials from the ministries of foreign affairs and defence, the armed forces, national parliaments and academia from 16 States to discuss the respect of international humanitarian law, security sector reform, rights of armed forces personnel and the parliamentary oversight of security forces. “The tenets …read more
Source: OSCE