Trials for ethnically motivated 33 crimes and war crimes in Kosovo Report for 2007

The office of the Humanitarian Law Center in Kosovo (HLC-Kosovo) is working to document facts that will assist society in Kosovo to deal with the recent past, while at the same time promoting the protection of minority rights, whose unsatisfactory situation is largely a legacy of the recent past. HLC-Kosovo seeks to counter denial and political manipulation of human losses, and ensure the integrity and transparency of war crimes trials dealing with those losses. It also seeks to promote and monitor the protection of minority rights, which are fundamental to Kosovo’s democratic development, to prospects for minority return, and ultimately to a peaceful relationship between Kosovo and Serbia.


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Third Regional Forum On Mechanisms of Truth-seeking and Truth-telling About War Crimes Committed in the Former Yugoslavia

The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC), the Research and Documentation Center (RDC), and Documenta, are organizing a Third Regional Forum on Mechanisms of Truth-seeking and Truth-telling about War Crimes Committed in the former Yugoslavia (Forum) on 11 and 12 February 2008 in Belgrade.


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Application of Anti-discrimination Law and Law on the Use of Languages in Kosovo Public Companies

During the period: 1 October – 15 December 2007, the Humanitarian Law Center-Kosovo (HLC-Kosovo) conducted research on the application of Anti-discrimination Law and the Law on the Use of Languages in Kosovo public companies. The research included the following companies: Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK)1, Post and Telecommunications of Kosovo (PTK)2, Kosovo Railways, Kosovotrans, Termokos, Town Central Heating Gjakovë/Đakovica, Priština/Prishtinë Airport, regional public companies for water supply and sewage, public utility companies, as well as companies for maintenance of parks, cemeteries and open market places. The research was conducted in all five regions of Kosovo (Prishtinë/Priština, Prizren/Prizren, Gjilan/Gnjilane, Peja/Peć i Mitrovicë/Mitrovica) in main offices and regional centres.

Application of Anti-discrimination Law and Law on the Use of Languages in Kosovo Public Companies

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Kosovo Institutions Applying the Law on the Use of Languages

In the period from July to October 2007, the Humanitarian Law Center – Kosovo (HLC – Kosovo) researched and analyzed the extent to which local Kosovo institutions, Kosovo Assembly, District and Municipal Court in Prishtinë/Priština, Kosovo Property Agency, and Health Care Centre IV apply the Law on the Use of Languages. HLC-Kosovo conducted research in the following multiethnic municipalities: (Prizren/Prizren, Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje, Klinë/Klina, Gjilan/Gnjilane, Peja/Peć, and Dragaš/Dragash). It was also conducted in the municipalities with a predominantly Albanian population (Skenderaj/Srbica, Deçan/Dečane, Gllogovc/Glogovac, Malishevë/Mališevo, Podujevë/Podujevo/), and in the municipalities with predominantly Serb population (Štrpce/Shtërpcë, Leposavić/Leposaviq, Zubin Potok/Zubin Potok, and Zvečan/Zveçan). HLC-Kosovo treated Prishtinë/Priština and Mitrovicë/Mitrovica as special cases.

Kosovo Institutions Applying the Law on the Use of Languages

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Kosovo Institutions Applying the Law on the Use of Languages

In the period from July to October 2007, the Humanitarian Law Center – Kosovo (HLC – Kosovo) researched and analyzed the extent to which local Kosovo institutions, Kosovo Assembly, District and Municipal Court in Prishtinë/Priština, Kosovo Property Agency, and Health Care Centre IV apply the Law on the Use of Languages. HLC-Kosovo conducted research in the following multiethnic municipalities: (Prizren/Prizren, Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje, Klinë/Klina, Gjilan/Gnjilane, Peja/Peć, and Dragaš/Dragash). It was also conducted in the municipalities with a predominantly Albanian population (Skenderaj/Srbica, Deçan/Dečane, Gllogovc/Glogovac, Malishevë/Mališevo, Podujevë/Podujevo/), and in the municipalities with predominantly Serb population (Štrpce/Shtërpcë, Leposavić/Leposaviq, Zubin Potok/Zubin Potok, and Zvečan/Zveçan). HLC-Kosovo treated Prishtinë/Priština and Mitrovicë/Mitrovica as special cases.

Kosovo Institutions Applying the Law on the Use of Languages

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