Filling the vacuum : ensuring protection and legal remedies for minorities in Kosovo / by Georgina Stevens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevens, Georgina.

Contributor:

Minority Rights Group International.

Series:

Report (Minority Rights Group International)

Report / Minority Rights Group International

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc--Kosovo (Republic).

Minorities.

Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.

Kosovo (Republic).

Minorities--Protection--Kosovo (Republic).

Minorities--Civil rights--Kosovo (Republic).

Minorities--Civil rights.

Physical Description:

40 pages : map ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Minority Rights Group International, 2009.

Summary:

Since Kosovo's declaration of independence on 17 February 2008, there has been a vacuum in effective international protection for minorities in Kosovo. A lack of certainty over the status of the territory has limited the practical application of international human rights law. There is a danger that the new international organizations operating in Kosovo, including the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) and the International Civilian Representative (ICR), will compound the failure of the United Nations' Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) to ensure a tolerant, multi-ethnic society in which equality, non-discrimination and the rights of minority groups are protected.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Introduction

Who are the minority groups in Kosovo?

Pre-independence domestic legal measures and remedies for minorities

An independent Kosovo : better protection?

Accountability : international rule and international law

The way forward

Recommendations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781904584858

1904584853

OCLC:

428006967