Publications

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and UNFPA published a report in May 2018 on men’s perspective on gender equality in Kosovo. The report contains information and statistics on a number of key issues pertaining to gender equality such as gender norms and attitudes toward gender equality; childhood experiences; relationship dynamics and domestic duties; violence and criminal practices; health practices and gender equality policies and laws. It was drafted based on the results of the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), conducted for the first time in Kosovo to gain a comprehensive understanding on men’s attitudes and practices – along with women’s opinions and reports of men’s practices- on a variety of topics related to gender and the ways men can help address gender inequality.

A compilation of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo activities related to the prevention and fighting of domestic violence.

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo provides capacity-building for the Kosovo Police and community safety forums, along with monitoring and advocacy for the implementation of the Community Safety Strategy and Action Plan. To raise awareness about community safety forums, the Mission has prepared the new edition of a community safety brochure as a development tool. The new brochure comes with a new and illustrated content, stories on best practices and community project initiatives taken between 2013 and 2017, updated contact information, stats and motivating words from community safety stakeholders from all police regions. It aims to strengthen the police-public partnership in municipalities and raise awareness on community safety forums and community policing concept Kosovo-wide

This report provides an analysis of data collected by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo trial monitoring programme from January to December 2022 and identifies trends in prosecution, defence and court practices in relation to the imposition of detention measures on defendants with mental health needs in Kosovo. It analyses judicial practice for compliance with fair trial and international human rights standards.

The report assesses the progress in the implementation of the legal and policy framework for the reintegration of persons repatriated to Kosovo. It covers the period 2014 – 2015 and notes the improved performance of municipal institutions following the process of decentralization culminating in the adoption of Local Action Plans, the improved data collection following the introduction of the electronic Case Management System, and strengthened communication between central and local level institutions. The report concludes that while some room for improvement remains, the institutions have made commendable progress with regards to implementation of the legal and policy framework.

This info sheet includes information about the Municipal Community Safety Councils (MCSCs)

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo invites you to apply for a five-month apprenticeship programme for 30 young persons between the ages of 20 and 24, in close co-operation with local government institutions and partner Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). The programme aims at bringing young women and men closer to local government institutions and relevant CSOs directly involving them in local participatory processes, as well as decision and policy-making processes. Please send your application by 21 April 2023.

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo conducts regular monitoring, reporting and advocacy for the full realization of the language rights of all communities in Kosovo. Analyzing practices at the local level, this report reveals that more than seven years after its promulgation, the Law on the Use of Languages remains only partially implemented due to insufficient human and financial resources, often accompanied by lack of sufficient understanding of obligations and/or lack of political will.

The Property Rights Monitor is a bi-annual publication of the observations of OSCE field monitoring Kosovo wide and aims to provide an overview of the situation in the field of property and housing rights of non-majority community members and displaced persons.

Newsletter by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.