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ANNUAL REPORT 2015 No. 15 Pristina 2016 Mr. Kadri Veseli The President of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo Prishtinë Honored Mr. President of the Assembly, Based on the Article 135, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo and the Article 29, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Law on the Ombudsperson, I am pleased to submit to you the fifteenth Annual Report of the Ombudsperson of the Republic of Kosovo. At the same time, please accept our request for presentation as well as discussion of this Report in a plenary session of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo during spring session. Respectfully submitted, Hilmi Jashari Ombudsperson Pristina 31 March 2016 2 Table of contents Ombudsperson’s statement ...................................................................................................... 7 Ombudsperson Institution ........................................................................................................ 9 Mandate of the Ombudsperson Institution ............................................................................... 9 Access to the Ombudsperson Institution................................................................................ 13 I. PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AND GOOD- GOVERNANCE IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO .......................................................... 15 THE JUDICIARY .............................................................................................................. 18 1.2. Judicial protection of rights ..................................................................................... 18 1.3. The role of executive organs in protection of human rights ................................... 23 1.3.1. Protection of property rights in Kosovo........................................................... 25 1.3.2. Expropriation ................................................................................................... 25 1.3.3. Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) ..................................................................... 26 1.3.4. Kosovo Cadastral Agency (KCA) ................................................................... 28 1.3.5. The Privatisation Agency of Kosovo (PAK) ................................................... 29 1.3.6. The Special Chamber of the Supreme Court of Kosovo (SCSCK) ................. 31 1.3.7. Responsibility for Living Environment ........................................................... 32 1.3.8. The rights of access to public documents ........................................................ 35 1.3.9. Equality before the law .................................................................................... 39 1.4. Minority Community............................................................................................... 45 1.4.1. Return and safety ............................................................................................. 45 1.4.2. Property Rights ................................................................................................ 46 1.4.3. Education ......................................................................................................... 47 1.4.4. Free Movement ................................................................................................ 50 1.4.5. The Situation of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian Communities .......................... 51 1.4.6. Employment in central and local bodies .......................................................... 52 1.4.7. The Use of Language ....................................................................................... 53 1.5. Rights of child ......................................................................................................... 57 1.5.1. Complaints filed concerning the rights of the child ......................................... 58 1.5.2. Rights of the child in procedures before administrative and judicial organs ... 58 1.5.3. The right of children to education .................................................................... 59 1.5.4. Rights of Children with disabilities ................................................................. 59 1.5.5. Violence and the security situation in schools ................................................. 60 1.5.6. The children right to health .............................................................................. 61 3 1.5.7. Street Children ................................................................................................. 62 1.6. Freedom of Religion in Kosovo .............................................................................. 62 1.7. Gender Equality....................................................................................................... 64 1.7.1. Law on Gender Equality no. 05/L-020 ............................................................ 65 1.7.2. Right to employment........................................................................................ 66 1.7.3. The right to property and inheritance ............................................................... 66 1.7.4. Right to health protection................................................................................. 67 1.7.5. Domestic violence ............................................................................................ 67 1.7.6. Women, survivors of sexual violence during war ........................................... 68 1.7.7. Position of the LGBT population in Kosovo ................................................... 69 1.8. Prohibition of Torture.............................................................................................. 70 1.8.1. National prevention mechanism against torture (NPM) .................................. 70 1.8.2. Complaints of persons deprived of liberty ....................................................... 72 1.8.3. Conditional release........................................................................................... 73 1.8.4. Monitoring and visits to places where persons deprived of freedom are held . 74 II. SUMMARY OF REPORTS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................... 74 2.1. Cases A.no: 48/2012 Xhevdet Kalludra; A.no.176/2012 Mexhit Balija; A.no.125/2013 Abdylqerim Mripa; A.no. 36/2015 Hajrullah Bahtiri; A.no.49/2015 Muhamed Sherifi against the Kosovo Property Agency................................................ 74 2.2. Ex officio case no. 517/2015, concerning judicial proceedings on complaints against preliminary decisions for the expropriation of immovable property ................. 75 2.3. Case A. no. 201/2015 Behram Krasniqi against Government commission for recognition and verification of the status of the national martyr, invalid of the Kosovo Liberation Army, or the internee of the Kosovo Liberation Army ................................ 76 2.4. Cases: A.no.23/2014 Pjetër Saliquni and others; 473/2014 Zvonimir Vasić and others against the Privatisation Agency of Kosovo relating to delays in the appointment of the members of the Board of Directors of the Privatisation Agency of Kosovo ....... 77 2.5. Case no. 302/2012 Agim Memaj against Special Chamber of the Supreme Court of Kosovo related to procedural delays from Special Chamber of Supreme Court of Kosovo in the settlement of the case SR-11-0315/C-III-12-1993, dealing with the handing over of real estate of KBI “Progres” in Prizren. .............................................. 79 2.6. Case no. 602/2014 Sali Rexhepi against the Correctional Service of Kosovo due to the non-realisation of the right to education according to the Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions, No. 04/L-149 ................................................................................. 79 2.7. Ex officio no.498 /2015 concerning the erection of the “Parku i Paqes (Peace Park)”, “Square Car Lazar”, “Square UÇK” and “Square Adem Jashari”, in the Municipality of Mitrovica North ................................................................................... 80 4 2.8. Case no. 221/2013 Arsim Biqaku against the Basic Court in Prizren concerning procedural delays by the court for decision of a case relating to the termination of the employment relationship ................................................................................................ 81 2.9. Complaint no. 66/2015 Novica Filipović against the Basic Court in Prishtina, Graçanica branch in relation to extension of the court procedure ................................. 82 2.10. Complaint no. 435/2013 Nadežda Jovanović against PAK related to execution of Supreme Court Decision KI 187/13 .......................................................................... 83 2.11. Complaint no. 290/2015 Hivzija Bukvić against the MIA in relation to the process of obtaining citizenship and the use of language .............................................. 84 2.12. Ex Officio no. 680/2015, Recommendations addressed to the Government of the Republic of Kosovo in relation to the Strategy for Protection of Human Rights .... 85 2.13. Complaint no.124/2015 Božidar Perić against the Municipality of Partesh in relation to the right on work and non-application of the Decision of the Labour Inspectorate .................................................................................................................... 86 2.14. Complaints no. 189/2015 Shaban Jashari versus KP in Gjakova concerning the right to life...................................................................................................................... 87 2.15. Complaint no. 337/2014 Mursel