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Human Rights: Juvenile Justice in Kosovo On 15-16 June, UNMIK Human Rights Office organized a round table on the protection of the rights of children in the justice system. Judge Renate Winter, a highly experienced specialist in juvenile justice, Vice President of the UN Committee on the Rights of…

Juvenile Justice Children Rights in Kosovo On 15-16 June, UNMIK Human Rights Office organized a round table on the protection of the rights of children in the justice system. Judge Renate Winter, a highly experienced specialist in juvenile justice, Vice President of the UN Committee on the Rights of…

Statement by Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK New York 16 May 2016 Mr.President, Excellencies, The Secretary-General’s report before you details essential events in Kosovo and the region, and activities of UNMIK, from mid-January to mid-April. However…

SRSG visited Graçanicë/Gračanica Municipality On 1 July 2016, the mission leadership visited Graçanicë/Gračanica Municipality and met Mayor Vladeta Kostić and his senior municipal staff, which includes representatives of Roma and Albanian communities currently living in the municipality. Together…

SRSG visited Vushtrri/Vučitrn Municipality Pristina 15 July 2016 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Zahir Tanin, and his Deputy, Christopher Coleman, today visited Vushtrri/Vučitrn municipality and met with Mayor Bajram Mulaku and his senior municipal staff including…

Mr. President, Excellencies, Today is the Council’s first meeting on Kosovo of 2016, and it takes place at a moment of significant developments, not least of which was the factious but successful election of a new President on Friday. This is a year in which Kosovo will face complex challenges, and…

Pristina - The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Kosovo, Zahir Tanin, takes note of the opinion of the Human Rights Advisory Panel in the complaint of N.M. and Others against UNMIK (no. 26/08). SRSG Tanin will carefully study the Panel’s opinion and recommendations and will…

Mr.President, Excellencies, The Secretary-General’s report before you details essential events in Kosovo and the region, and activities of UNMIK, from mid-January to mid-April. However, some developments since the Secretary-General’s last report are of more importance than the routine activities…

Today, the 20 th of June, we mark World Refugee Day, as designated by the UN General Assembly from the year 2000 onward, and exactly 65 years since the Convention and Protocols relating to the Status of Refugees were signed by 144 UN Member States. As of this year, wars and persecution have driven…

I welcome the publication of the Final Report of the Human Rights Advisory Panel (HRAP), submitted upon the completion of its activities in June 2016, and I express appreciation for the work of the Panel, which has performed its functions in a challenging context. The HRAP was established as an…

Prishtina, 1 August 2016 - Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Zahir Tanin met with the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi. They discussed the cooperation of Kosovo institutions with the Office of the Special Representative on issues on mutual interest. SRSG Tanin…

On 29 July, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Mr. Zahir Tanin, and his Deputy, Mr. Christopher Coleman, visited Gjakovë/Đakovica Municipality and met with the Mayor and the Head of the Municipal Office for Communities and Return (MOCR). The officials discussed…