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Voices of Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Service-Providers
1 IN THEIR OWN WORDSVOICES OF SURVIVORS OF CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND SERVICE-PROVIDERS Artwork | Ilir Blakcori 2 IN THEIR OWN WORDS VOICES OF SURVIVORS OF CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND SERVICE-PROVIDERS FOREWORD When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, I was immediately in New York, in the spirit of connecting frontline actors from confronted with the challenge of how to continue effectively theatres of war with donors, diplomats and political leaders delivering my mandate to prevent and address the scourge on the world stage. of conflict-related sexual violence. In particular, I grappled with the question of how to keep the voices and perspectives In that same spirit, the present Digital Book arises from a of survivors at the heart of these efforts. As travel commitment to be guided by “ground truths” and to keep restrictions, lockdowns and remote working arrangements the voices of survivors at the heart of global efforts, despite took effect, field missions were suspended, and resources COVID-related restrictions and constraints. This platform is a redirected, I became gravely concerned that the plight of new way of continuing our efforts to bring survivors together sexual violence survivors would be forgotten. Moreover, it across time and space, in order to foster dialogue, a sense soon became clear that this unprecedented public health of community, and solace in solidarity. It complements crisis would exacerbate the humanitarian effects of armed the Report of the Secretary-General on Conflict-Related conflict, population displacement, and structural gender- Sexual Violence, which is compiled annually by my Office, based inequality, slowing the pace of justice and disrupting illustrating that behind every statistic there is a mother, essential services, as courts and clinics were forced to close son, daughter, sister or friend, each one unique and their doors. -
Rule of Law SEE 04 April 2021 Download
Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung e.V. Rule of Law Programme South East Europe April 2021 www.kas.de/rlpsee Rule of Law - South East Europe Press Review April 2021 Disclaimer: This Press Review is issued for general information purpose only and is based on open media sources and those available through subscription. Articles selected for this review are shortened from the original or are reproduced as originally published. Inclusion of articles in this Press Review does not imply accuracy of the content or endorsement by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung e.V. (KAS) or its regional programme “KAS Rule of Law Programme South East Europe” Content Regional ..................................................................................................................... 4 Human Rights Worsened in Central, Southeast Europe, in Pandemic – Amnesty ... 4 Media Freedom Deteriorated in Europe amid Pandemic, Report Warns ................. 7 Albania ...................................................................................................................... 9 Parliament Simplifies Requirement for Appointment of Constitutional Court Members .......................................................................................................................... 9 Albania Prosecutors Investigate Socialists’ Big-Brother-Style Database ............... 10 Albanian Government Prevents Emigrants from Voting, Imposes Quarantine .... 12 Freedom House: Hybrid-Regime Albania Registers Eight-Year Democracy Low.... 13 Bosnia and Herzegovina ....................................................................................... -
Kosovo Specialist Court: a New Way to Seek Justice for Unpunished Crimes and Human Rights Violations in Kosovo?
Master’s Degree in Comparative International Relations Final Thesis Kosovo Specialist Court: a new way to seek justice for unpunished crimes and human rights violations in Kosovo? A possible solution against the weakness of international and domestic systems Supervisor Chiar.ma Prof.ssa Sara De Vido Assistant supervisor Chiar.mo Prof. Fabrizio Marrella Graduand Annalisa Canova Matriculation number: 876622 Academic Year 2019 / 2020 I Ai miei genitori II III TABLE OF CONTENT ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY ................................................................................. 9 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................... 15 CHAPTER 1 - Human rights abuses and humanitarian law violations in Kosovo ................... 19 1.1. A brief history of struggle for independence 20 1.1.1. Historical and political background of the 1998-1999 conflict and the role of ethnicity ............................... 20 1.1.2. Kosovo War and NATO’s intervention .......................................................................................................... 24 1.1.3. International administration and the reconstruction of the judicial system .................................................... 27 1.1.4. Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence and the reconfiguration of the international presence ...... 31 1.2. Human rights -
Kosovo's Wartime Victims: the Questforjustice" April 30Th, 2019
KOSOVO’S WARTIME VICTIMS: THE QUEST FOR JUSTICE HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION April 30, 2019 Serial No. 116–28 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs ( Available: http://www.foreignaffairs.house.gov/, http://docs.house.gov, or http://www.govinfo.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 36–132PDF WASHINGTON : 2019 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York, Chairman BRAD SHERMAN, California MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas, Ranking GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York Member ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia STEVE CHABOT, Ohio THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida JOE WILSON, South Carolina KAREN BASS, California SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania WILLIAM KEATING, Massachusetts TED S. YOHO, Florida DAVID CICILLINE, Rhode Island ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois AMI BERA, California LEE ZELDIN, New York JOAQUIN CASTRO, Texas JIM SENSENBRENNER, Wisconsin DINA TITUS, Nevada ANN WAGNER, Missouri ADRIANO ESPAILLAT, New York BRIAN MAST, Florida TED LIEU, California FRANCIS ROONEY, Florida SUSAN WILD, Pennsylvania BRIAN FITZPATRICK, Pennsylvania DEAN PHILLIPS, Minnesota JOHN CURTIS, Utah ILHAN OMAR, Minnesota KEN BUCK, Colorado COLIN ALLRED, Texas RON WRIGHT, Texas ANDY LEVIN, Michigan GUY RESCHENTHALER, Pennsylvania ABIGAIL SPANBERGER, Virginia TIM BURCHETT, Tennessee CHRISSY HOULAHAN, Pennsylvania GREG PENCE, Indiana TOM MALINOWSKI, New Jersey STEVE WATKINS, Kansas DAVID TRONE, Maryland MIKE GUEST, Mississippi JIM COSTA, California JUAN VARGAS, California VICENTE GONZALEZ, Texas JASON STEINBAUM, Staff Director BRENDAN SHIELDS, Republican Staff Director (II) C O N T E N T S Page WITNESSES Jahjaga, Atifete, Former President, Republic of Kosovo ...................................... 8 Williams, Dr. Paul, Professor, Washington College of Law, American Univer- sity ........................................................................................................................ -
Engineering an Ethnic Mosaic: the Institutionalization of Civic Nationalism in Kosovo, Israel, and the West Bank
University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons CUREJ - College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal College of Arts and Sciences 2-2020 Engineering an Ethnic Mosaic: The Institutionalization of Civic Nationalism in Kosovo, Israel, and the West Bank Jordan L. Dewar University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/curej Part of the Comparative Politics Commons Recommended Citation Dewar, Jordan L., "Engineering an Ethnic Mosaic: The Institutionalization of Civic Nationalism in Kosovo, Israel, and the West Bank" 01 February 2020. CUREJ: College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal, University of Pennsylvania, https://repository.upenn.edu/curej/236. This is a revised version of the thesis previously published in 2019. This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/curej/236 For more information, please contact [email protected]. Engineering an Ethnic Mosaic: The Institutionalization of Civic Nationalism in Kosovo, Israel, and the West Bank Abstract A perfect storm of ethnic-based violence is on the horizon, spurred on by increasing diversity, climate change, and the inability of many societies to handle these trends. This thesis examines the ways through which elites are incentivized to build institutions promoting a specific type of identity and how institutional structures use different means to promote the desired identity. It also addresses the ways through which state-based identity can be adapted to be inclusive while remaining salient. This will be done both through examinations of existing theory surrounding state structure and identity as well as two case studies where identity is a key factor. The first case study being development of identity in Kosovo, which embarked on an institutionally-based process of forming a civic-national identity after its independence in 2008.