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On
July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide:
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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
On
December 22, 2020, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
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Decision MB8-00025 – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses, in applying Article 1E of the Refugee Convention, whether members should consider allegations of risk in a country of residence if they conclude that a refugee claimant has the rights and obligations which are attached to the possession of nationality in that country.
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July 6, 2018, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
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Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
Revoked
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Jurisprudential Guides.
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Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
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Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
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Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
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KOSOVO
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
September 2020
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Serbie - Kosovo - Monténégro. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
9 November 2016
Title:
Kosovo. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
5 September 2022
Accessed Date:
22 September 2022
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Kosovo: Country Focus.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
25 November 2016
Title:
Kosovo : Généralités. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
28 March 2021
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo: Background and U.S. Policy
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
8 April 2021
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo. BTI 2022 Country Report.
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Unpacking Kosovo's Response to Returnees from the War Zones in Syria and Iraq
Source:
Kosovar Centre for Security Studies
Date of Document:
January 2020
Author:
Skënder Perteshi; Ramadan Ilazi
Accessed Date:
1 October 2020
Title:
Citizen Perceptions of Integrity of Public Institutions in Kosovo
Source:
Kosovar Centre for Security Studies
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Disengagement, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Foreign Terrorist Fighters
Source:
Kosovar Centre for Security Studies
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
6 September 2022
Title:
Examining potential consequences of the status-quo in the process of normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia
Source:
Kosovar Centre for Security Studies; New Social Initiative
Date of Document:
March 2022
Author:
Ramadan Ilazi; Ardit Orana
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
Accessed Date:
13 May 2022
Title:
Serbia/Kosovo. World Report 2022: Events of 2021.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. Report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Commission Staff Working Document: Kosovo 2021 Report.
Code:
SWD(2021) 292 final/2
Source:
European Union. European Commission.
Date of Document:
19 October 2021
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo. Nations in Transit 2022.
Author:
Arbëresha Loxha Stublla; Njomza Arifi
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo. Freedom in the World 2022.
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo. Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 March 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Ombudsperson Institution Annual Report 2021
Source:
Kosovo. Ombudsperson Institution of Kosovo.
Date of Document:
31 March 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Memorandum following the Commissioner's mission to Kosovo from 5 to 9 February 2017
Source:
Council of Europe. Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
10 April 2017
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Community Rights Assessment Report, 5th Edition
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Civil Society Report on Human Rights in Kosovo in 2021
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
May 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Kosovo and Serbia: Requirements and procedures for ethnic Albanians with Kosovar citizenship to cross the border into Serbia; whether ethnic Albanians with Kosovar citizenship can obtain Serbian citizenship, including requirements and procedures ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 December 2018
Accessed Date:
27 November 2019
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Kosovo
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Law No. 04/L-215 of 2013 on Citizenship of Kosovo
Accessed Date:
28 October 2014
Title:
Albanian Citizenship Configurations in the Balkans
Source:
Central and Eastern European Migration Review
Date of Document:
13 January 2017
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Procedures and documents required to obtain a passport from within Kosovo and abroad; procedures required to replace a lost or stolen passport; information on the appearance of the passport; introduction of biometric passports; other passports in use by..
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 December 2011
Accessed Date:
25 October 2012
Title:
Serbia and Kosovo: Whether an individual born in Kosovo when it was part of Serbia can obtain Serbian citizenship; documents required to access citizenship
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 February 2012
Accessed Date:
3 April 2013
Title:
Kosovo. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
22 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo/Monténégro : Acquisition de la citoyenneté monténégrine par un Kosovar marié à une Monténégrine. Statut légal des enfants.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 April 2020
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Electoral and Party System in Kosovo: A Perspective of Internal Party Democracy and Development
Source:
Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development; Centar za monitoring i istraživanje
Date of Document:
February 2016
Author:
Mentor Agani et al.
Accessed Date:
9 November 2016
Title:
Kosovo Early Assembly Elections 2021: Final Report and Recommendations. UK Election Expert Mission.
Source:
Westminster Foundation for Democracy
Date of Document:
March 2021
Author:
Dominic Howell et al.
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Post-Election Analysis of February 14, 2021 Parliamentary Elections
Source:
National Democratic Institute
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Informality and Clientelism in Kosovo. Informal Power Networks, Political Patronage and Clientelism in Serbia and Kosovo.
Source:
SeConS Development Initiative Group
Accessed Date:
9 November 2016
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
22 February 2021
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo Municipal Elections 17 October – 14 November 2021. Final Report.
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Date of Document:
3 February 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo : Le Parti turc de la justice au Kosovo (KTAP)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
10 November 2021
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Law No.03/L-182 on Protection Against Domestic Violence
Accessed Date:
3 April 2013
Title:
From Laws to Action: Monitoring the Institutional Response to Gender-based Violence in Kosovo
Source:
Kosovo Women's Network
Author:
Endrita Banjska et al.
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Mapping support services for victims of violence against women in Kosovo
Source:
Council of Europe
Date of Document:
10 June 2017
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Kosovo. WAVE Country Report 2021: Women's Specialist Support Services in Europe and the impact of COVID-19 on their provision.
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
Date of Document:
December 2021
Author:
Elena Floriani; Léa Dudouet
Editor:
Elena Biaggioni et al.
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Sexual Harassment in Kosovo
Source:
Kosovo Women's Network
Author:
Ariana Qosaj-Mustafa et al.
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Gender-Based Discrimination and Labour in Kosovo Second Edition
Source:
Kosovo Women's Network
Date of Document:
7 April 2022
Author:
Iliriana Banjska et al.
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
11 February 2019
Title:
Kosovo : Les femmes kosovares victimes de la traite des êtres humains à des fins d'exploitation sexuelle
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 April 2019
Accessed Date:
2 October 2020
Title:
Women survivors of violence receive vital support from shelters in Kosovo during the pandemic
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Date of Document:
20 May 2020
Accessed Date:
2 October 2020
Title:
Kosovo War Rape Survivor Condemns Stigmatisation of Victims
Source:
Balkan Transitional Justice
Date of Document:
9 March 2020
Accessed Date:
2 October 2020
Title:
In Kosovo, System ‘Failing to Protect' Domestic Abuse Victims
Date of Document:
6 April 2021
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
National Strategy on Protection Against Domestic Violence and Violence Against Women 2022 – 2026
Date of Document:
14 March 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo Brief Gender Profile
Source:
Kosovo Women's Network
Date of Document:
22 March 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Treatment of sexual minorities, including legislation, state protection and support services (2011-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 October 2015
Accessed Date:
27 October 2015
Title:
Kosovo. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia 2022.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
10 February 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
LGBTQI+ Persons During Covid-19 Pandemic
Source:
Centre for Equality and Liberty Kosovo
Date of Document:
December 2021
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Kosovo. Country Reports on Terrorism 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
19 July 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 July 2021
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Blood feuds and availability of state protection (2010-September 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 October 2013
Accessed Date:
31 October 2013
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Kosovo.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
29 November 2021
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
1 July 2016
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Corruption cases on the brink of reaching statutory of limitation
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
13 December 2021
Author:
Leotrim Gashi; Gzim Shala
Editor:
Betim Musliu et al.
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Decriminalization of Politics in Kosovo
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
October 2018
Accessed Date:
5 November 2019
Title:
Whistleblowing and Protecting Whistleblowers: Legal Analysis for Whistleblowers and Protection of Whistleblowers
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
December 2019
Editor:
Ehat Miftaraj; Betim Musliu
Accessed Date:
2 October 2020
Title:
Kosovo HAS (NOT) high profile corruption
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
December 2019
Author:
Betim Musliu; Yll Zekaj
Editor:
Ehat Miftaraj; Hyrije Mehmeti
Accessed Date:
2 October 2020
Title:
Corruption Impunity: Annual Court Monitoring Report 2021
Source:
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network
Date of Document:
20 May 2021
Author:
Labinot Leposhtica
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo : La Brigade 123 de l'Armée de la libération du Kosovo
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 January 2020
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
CODE NO. 06/L-074 Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo
Source:
Republic of Kosovo
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Promising Early Years: The Transformative Role of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo
Source:
Analitika – Center for Social Research; Group for Legal and Political Studies
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Kosovo. Opinion: On certain provisions of the draft criminal procedure code, namely trial in absentia (art. 306) and suspension of officials from office (art. 177).
Source:
Venice Commission et al.
Date of Document:
19 June 2020
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo Justice Sector Integrity Scan
Source:
Center for International Legal Cooperation et al.
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Report to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on the visit to Kosovo carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 6 to 16 October 2020
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
23 September 2021
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Compact Progress Report: Assessing Progress Between July 2017 – June 2018
Source:
European Union. Rule of Law Mission to Kosovo.
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Sentencing Policy in Kosovo
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
November 2019
Editor:
Ehat Miftaraj et al.
Accessed Date:
2 October 2020
Title:
The certificate for criminal record history – violation of legal certainty: Analysis of legislation and practice about the issuance by the Kosovo Police of “certificates for criminal record history” as a direct violation of legal certainty of citizen...
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
September 2019
Editor:
Betim Musliu et al.
Accessed Date:
2 October 2020
Title:
Kosovo: La Cour martiale de l'Armée de libération du Kosovo
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
31 January 2020
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Special Report on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Rule of Law in Kosovo: Assessment and recommendations for the period March 2020 – March 2021
Source:
European Union. Rule of Law Mission to Kosovo.
Date of Document:
May 2021
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Advancing criminal procedural rights in Kosovo
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
15 April 2021
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Justice in the Eyes of Citizens
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
May 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Kosovo Security Barometer. Challenges of Public Safety in Kosovo.
Source:
Kosovar Centre for Security Studies
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
2 October 2020
Title:
Kosovo Security Barometer. Ninth Edition.
Source:
Kosovar Centre for Security Studies
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
2 October 2020
Title:
How to get a police certificate - Kosovo
Source:
Canada. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
Date of Document:
5 March 2021
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo Police Annual Work Report January - December 2021
Source:
Kosovo. Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
The Kosovo Security Sector Observer
Source:
Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Kosovo : La Police militaire de l'Armée de Libération du Kosovo
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
23 May 2018
Accessed Date:
2 October 2020
Title:
Vibrant Information Barometer
Source:
International Research & Exchanges Board
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Information Integrity in Kosovo: Assessment of the Political Economy of Disinformation
Source:
National Democratic Institute
Date of Document:
25 July 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Enduring The Pressure: Kosovo Media Reporting On Organised Crime And Corruption
Source:
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network
Author:
Arben Qirezi et al.
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Kosovo. International Religious Freedom Report for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
2 June 2022
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
The Association, Community of Serb-majority Municipalities: Breaking the impasse
Source:
European Centre for Minority Issues Kosovo
Date of Document:
June 2016
Author:
Adrian Zeqiri et al.
Accessed Date:
10 November 2016
Title:
Empowering Non-Serb CSOs in Northern Kosovo. Report on the position of Non-Serb communities in Northern Kosovo.
Source:
European Centre for Minority Issues Kosovo
Date of Document:
September 2016
Author:
Enrique Gutierrez
Accessed Date:
25 November 2016
Title:
Kosovo: Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
5 November 2019
Title:
Kosovo : La situation des Roms à Mitrovica depuis août 2017
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 May 2020
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo : Situation des Roms, Ashkalis et Egyptiens (RAE)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
20 September 2021
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Study on Rural Migration and Return Migration in Kosovo
Source:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Judith Möllers et al.
Accessed Date:
8 November 2017
Title:
Kosovo: Regulation on the Return of Displaced Persons and Durable Solutions (GRK) – NO. 01/2018
Source:
Republic of Kosovo
Accessed Date:
5 November 2019
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 May 2022:
Title:
Kosovo. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
17 August 2021
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kosovo/
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Kosovo
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
https://www.bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report-RKS.html
Accessed Date:
1 October 2020
Title:
Serbia/Kosovo. World Report 2021: Events of 2020.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/serbia/kosovo
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Fundamentals First: Political Criteria and the Rule of Law. Commission Staff Working Document: Kosovo 2020 Report.
Code:
SWD(2020) 356 final
Source:
European Union. European Commission.
Date of Document:
6 October 2020
URL:
https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/sites/near/files/kosovo_report_2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 October 2020
Title:
Kosovo. Nations in Transit 2021.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/kosovo/nations-transit/2021
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo. Freedom in the World 2021.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/kosovo/freedom-world/2021
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo. Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 April 2021
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/POL1032022021ENGLISH.PDF
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Ombudsperson Institution Annual Report 2020
Source:
Kosovo. Ombudsperson Institution.
URL:
https://oik-rks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/RAPORTI-VJETOR-2020-anglisht.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Kosovo.html
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo. WAVE Country Report 2019: The Situation of Women's Specialist Support Services in Europe.
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
Date of Document:
December 2019
URL:
https://www.wave-network.org/wp-content/uploads/WAVE_CR_200123_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 October 2020
Title:
Gender-Based Discrimination and Labour in Kosovo
Source:
Kosovo Women's Network
Author:
Iliriana Banjska et al.
URL:
https://womensnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/GBD-Labour-Kosovo_ISBN-978-9951-737-31-9_FINAL.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 November 2019
Title:
Kosovo. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia 2021.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
February 2021
URL:
https://www.ilga-europe.org/sites/default/files/2021/kosovo.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2019/kosovo/
Accessed Date:
2 October 2020
Title:
Kosovo: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 July 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-trafficking-in-persons-report/kosovo/
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Humouring Corruption: Annual Court Monitoring Report 2020
Source:
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network
Date of Document:
20 May 2021
Author:
Labinot Leposhtica
Editor:
Faik Ispahiu et al.
URL:
https://kallxo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/EN-RAPORTIO-I-MONITORIMIT-2020-WEB.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Policing in the time of pandemics: Annual work report of Kosovo Police January - December 2020
Source:
Kosovo. Ministry of Internal Affairs.
URL:
https://www.kosovopolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RAPORTI-VJETOR-ANGLISHT-2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo. International Religious Freedom Report for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 May 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-report-on-international-religious-freedom/kosovo/
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. Report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
5 April 2021
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/S/2021/332
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo Mayoral And Municipal Assembly Elections 2017. Final Report.
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Date of Document:
12 February 2018
URL:
https://eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/files/final_report_kosovo_english_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Kosovo : Les femmes kosovares victimes de la traite des êtres humains à des fins d'exploitation sexuelle
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 April 2019
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1904_kos_teh_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 August 2021
Title:
Kosovo. 2020 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
30 June 2020
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/fde86eb1-52a0-47aa-bc44-190e3de705a5
Accessed Date:
2 October 2020
Title:
Impunity of Corruption, Risk for Society and the State
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Betim Musliu; Ehat Miftaraj
URL:
https://kli-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1.-Three-years-against-corruption-KLI-ENGLISH-version-1.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 November 2019
Title:
Report to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on the visit to Kosovo carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 15 to 22 April 2015
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
8 September 2016
URL:
http://rm.coe.int/doc/09000016806a1efc
Accessed Date:
10 November 2016
Title:
Kosovo. Media Sustainability Index 2019
Source:
IREX (International Research & Exchanges Board)
URL:
https://www.irex.org/sites/default/files/pdf/media-sustainability-index-europe-eurasia-2019-kosovo.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 November 2019
Title:
Indicators for the level of media freedom and journalists' safety [Kosovo] 2018 - Summary of the findings
Source:
Association of Journalists of Kosovo
Date of Document:
November 2018
URL:
http://agk-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Summary-of-the-findings-Indicators-on-th-elevel-of-media-freedom-and-journalists-safety-Kosovo-2018.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 November 2019
Title:
Citizen Perceptions of Integrity of Public Institutions in Kosovo
Source:
Kosovar Centre for Security Studies
Date of Document:
January 2022
URL:
https://qkss.org/images/uploads/files/Barometer_2021_Kosovo_1_ENG_%281%29_%281%29.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Disengagement, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Foreign Terrorist Fighters
Source:
Kosovar Centre for Security Studies
Date of Document:
March 2022
URL:
https://qkss.org/images/uploads/files/Kosovo_report31_03_22.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 September 2022
Title:
Examining potential consequences of the status-quo in the process of normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia
Source:
Kosovar Centre for Security Studies; New Social Initiative
Date of Document:
March 2022
Author:
Ramadan Ilazi; Ardit Orana
URL:
https://qkss.org/images/uploads/files/Status-Quo_Report.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. Report of the Secretary-General.
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/S/2022/313
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Community Rights Assessment Report, 5th Edition
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
March 2021
URL:
https://rm.coe.int/5th-sr-kosovo-en/1680a3dc46
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Civil Society Report on Human Rights in Kosovo in 2021
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
May 2022
URL:
https://kli-ks.org/en/civil-society-report-on-human-rights-in-kosovo-in-2021/
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo/Monténégro : Acquisition de la citoyenneté monténégrine par un Kosovar marié à une Monténégrine. Statut légal des enfants.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 April 2020
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2004_kos_couple_kosovo_montenegro_122873.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo Municipal Elections 17 October – 14 November 2021. Final Report.
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Date of Document:
3 February 2022
URL:
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/final_report_2021_eom_kosovo_municipal_elections_-_english.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo : Le Parti turc de la justice au Kosovo (KTAP)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
10 November 2021
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2111_kos_ktap_154286_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
National Strategy on Protection Against Domestic Violence and Violence Against Women 2022 – 2026
Date of Document:
14 March 2022
URL:
https://kryeministri.rks-gov.net/en/blog/national-strategy-on-protection-against-domestic-violence-and-violence-against-women-2022-2026-14-03-2022/
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo Brief Gender Profile
Source:
Kosovo Women's Network
Date of Document:
22 March 2022
URL:
https://womensnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Brief-Gender-Profile_-2.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
LGBTQI+ Persons During Covid-19 Pandemic
Source:
Centre for Equality and Liberty Kosovo
Date of Document:
December 2021
URL:
https://cel-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/LGBTI%2B%20persons%20situation%20during%20COVID-19%20pandemic.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Kosovo.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
29 November 2021
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/bd53602e-28b6-45d3-87f4-1d2ad84574e5
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Corruption cases on the brink of reaching statutory of limitation
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
13 December 2021
Author:
Leotrim Gashi; Gzim Shala
Editor:
Betim Musliu et al.
URL:
https://kli-ks.org/en/corruption-cases-on-the-brink-of-reaching-statutory-of-limitation/
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Report to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on the visit to Kosovo carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 6 to 16 October 2020
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
23 September 2021
URL:
https://rm.coe.int/1680a3ea32
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Advancing criminal procedural rights in Kosovo
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
15 April 2021
URL:
https://kli-ks.org/en/advancing-criminal-procedural-rights-in-kosovo/
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Justice in the Eyes of Citizens
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
May 2022
URL:
https://kli-ks.org/en/justice-in-the-eyes-of-citizens/
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Vibrant Information Barometer
Source:
International Research & Exchanges Board
URL:
https://www.irex.org/sites/default/files/pdf/vibe-kosovo-2021.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Information Integrity in Kosovo: Assessment of the Political Economy of Disinformation
Source:
National Democratic Institute
Date of Document:
25 July 2022
URL:
https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/Information%20Integrity%20in%20Kosovo%20-%20Assessment%20of%20the%20Political%20Economy%20of%20Disinformation.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
Title:
Kosovo : Situation des Roms, Ashkalis et Egyptiens (RAE)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
20 September 2021
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2109_kos_situation_rae_152744_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 September 2022
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