Publications

The purpose of this report is to provide insight into the current bilingual legislative drafting process at the Government and the Assembly levels, in order to highlight procedural and practical shortcomings and to provide recommendations to improve the bilingual drafting and translation process and strengthen the implementation of the Law on the Use of Languages. The report covers all activities in this area through 2017. Available in English, Albanian, and Serbian.

In the centre of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo mandate is the monitoring, promotion and protection of the human rights of diverse communities in Kosovo, of which language rights are an integral component. Equal use of official languages in Kosovo is a prerequisite for full and effective provision of services by the Kosovo Police to its own staff and to all individuals that interact with the KP. The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has continuously monitored and shared recommendations with the Kosovo Police on the use of the official languages in line with the legal framework in Kosovo and the relevant international human rights standards. The report, which analyses Kosovo Police language compliance in all eight police regions, acknowledges significant progress of the Kosovo Police achieved over the years and provides key conclusions and series of recommendations to the police, with the aim to ensure the protection of language rights for all communities. Available in English, Albanian and Serbian.

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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.

This five point guide for journalists provides a quick and handy overview of the most important things to have in mind when reporting on radicalization and violent extremism, by advising journalists on the principles of conflict-sensitive, ethical and fact-based reporting. The guide also advises journalists on the importance of knowing the terminology related to radicalization and violent extremism, including all voices, and avoiding inflammatory content and generalizations when reporting on this topic.

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

A compilation of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo activities related to gender equality.

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

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo published in December 2017 a report assessing the performance and impact of the Consultative Council for Communities, a key community protection body in Kosovo functioning under the Office of the President. The report notes that the Council, established in 2008, has consolidated well in the institutional system, holding regular meetings and engaging in communication with a wide spectrum of institutions in follow up to different community issues in policy and legislation. However, its overall impact on communities’ rights and well-being remains limited, as the Council faces uneven and insufficient response from the wider institutional spectrum and its outreach capacities to non-majority communities are still inadequate. The report assesses the composition, performance and impact of the Council during the period 1 January 2015 until 31 December 2016.