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UNHCR/OSCE Update on the Situation of Ethnic Minorities in Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 June 2000
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Security remains the overriding concern for ethnic minorities in Kosovo. This fifth joint UNHCR/OSCE report examines security trends and incidents affecting minorities from February through May 2000.
Report 7: Access To Effective Counsel- Stage 1
Publishing date: 23 May 2000
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report analyses access-to-counsel and effectiveness-of-counsel issues at two stages of the criminal process: first, during the period from arrest until the first detention hearing; and second, during the first detention hearing.
Report 6: The Unlawfulness of Regulation 1999/26
Publishing date: 29 April 2000
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This UNMIK Regulation is an instrument designed as a response to a climate of lawlessness fuelled by the material and institutional vacuum which has beset the Kosovo criminal justice system.
Report 5: The treatment of minorities by the judicial system
Publishing date: 13 April 2000
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report focuses on the right to equality before the law as relates to proceedings monitored by the Legal System Monitoring Section (LSMS) from the beginning of its monitoring activity on 18 August 1999 until 27 March 2000.
Report 4: Expiration of Detention Periods For Detainees
Publishing date: 18 March 2000
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This is the fourth in a series of thematic reports released by the Legal System Monitoring Section of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.
Report 3: Expiration of Detention Periods for Current Detainees
Publishing date: 8 March 2000
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report reviews the applicable law relating to the length of detention and highlights some areas that may conflict with international standards.
Assessment of the Situation of Ethnic Minorities in Kosovo
Publishing date: 15 February 2000
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This is the fourth joint UNHCR/OSCE assessment on the situation of minorities in Kosovo, covering the period November 1999 through January 2000.
Kosovo International Human Rights Conference
Publishing date: 28 January 2000
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The aim of this report is to raise curiosity and awareness about International Human Rights Day and the first Kosovo International Human Rights Conference.
Report 2: Development Of The Kosovo Judicial System (10 June Through 15 December 1999)
Publishing date: 17 December 1999
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
As the third pillar in the UNMIK structure, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo is tasked with institution building, including the development of democratic institutions necessary to support the rule of law in Kosovo.
Report 1: Material Needs Of The Emergency Judicial System
Publishing date: 7 November 1999
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
While the judicial system currently also faces other serious problems, this first report from the OSCE Legal System Monitoring Section highlights the current material needs of the courts.