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Structured legal measures are needed to put human and community rights legislation into practice in Kosovo, concludes OSCE report
Publishing date: 1 October 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 1 October 2012 – Despite substantial progress in creating the necessary legal framework to safeguard human and community rights, more needs to be done to put this into practice, an OSCE Mission in Kosovo report issued today concludes...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo calls for improvements in civil registration of vulnerable communities
Publishing date: 24 July 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 24 July 2012 – Vulnerable communities in Kosovo face difficulties with civil registration which continue to hinder their social inclusion, says an OSCE report issued today...
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo police on witness protection
Publishing date: 18 June 2012
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded a one-week training course on witness protection for 20 Kosovo police officers on 15 June 2012 in Vushtrri/Vučitrn. The training focused on legal provisions and appropriate procedures and protection programmes that can be offered to witnesses...
OSCE Secretary General welcomes peaceful conduct of ballot facilitation in Kosovo
Publishing date: 7 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, Rule of law
VIENNA, 7 May 2012- The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, today welcomed the peaceful conclusion of the OSCE-run ballot facilitation that allowed eligible voters in Kosovo to cast ballots in the 6 May Serbian parliamentary and presidential elections...
Judiciary still not fully independent, concludes report by OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 24 January 2012 – Despite improvements resulting from judicial reform in Kosovo, a number of challenges still affect independent functioning of the justice system, concludes the report by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo presented today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps improve youth participation in decision making
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 16 November 2011 – The OSCE Mission and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports in Kosovo organized today a conference on youth participation in decision making for youth action councils, municipal staff and civil society representatives...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo hosts annual judicial conference
Publishing date: 3 December 2011
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 3 December 2011 – More than 250 judges are meeting today at the annual judicial conference to review the challenges the supreme and district courts face in administering justice and to advance strategies to overcome them. The conference is organized by the OSCE Mission, in co-operation with the Kosovo Judicial Council, the Supreme Court and Kosovo Judicial Institute.