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The work of municipal courts is of crucial importance for the administration of justice and the establishment of rule of law in Kosovo, and has a major impact on how the public perceives the administration of justice as a whole.

This case report concerns the trial against Latif Gashi, Rrustem Mustafa, Naim Kadriu and Nazif Mehmeti, otherwise known as the "Llapi Trial". It has been compiled by the OSCE's Legal System Monitoring Section.

Report on parallel structures that continue to exist in Kosovo in several areas of the public sector and that have a direct impact on the rights of individuals and the rule of law.

This catalogue aims to identify the applicable remedy, or lack thereof, to each issue where human rights might be at stake.

Four years after the end of the conflict, the recognition of the right to property as a fundamental human right is gaining ground in Kosovo.

Recent incidents in Kosovo have raised the concern that level of intimidation of witnesses is on increase. Much of the public does not have faith in the ability of the authorities to provide protection, should they choose to testify against perpetrators.

This report is the tenth in a series of Assessments of the situation of ethnic minorities in Kosovo, conducted jointly by OSCE and UNHCR.

This report is the first overview of the Centres for Social Welfare (CSWs) in Kosovo conducted by the OSCE Department of Human Rights and Rule of Law, through its Victim Advocacy and Support Section (VASS).

This report presents an overview of all cases in which acts of war crimes and genocide against the civilian population in Kosovo, have been charged or prosecuted by the court system established under the UNMIK after June 1999.

The evolving situation of minorities, problems that continue to make day-to-day life of many minority communities, are some of the topics discussed in this report.