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The underrepresentation of women in key decision-making positions at the central level is one major limitation in their limited participation in high-level political and peace processes, including the current EU-facilitated dialogue process between Belgrade and Pristina. A joint UN-EU project on…

We, the undersigned members of the Security and Gender Group, demand that women’s meaningful participation is ensured in the Pristina delegation, participating in the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue for normalization of relations, as well as in the working groups established to inform the Dialogue. Since…

A new courtroom in the Mitrovice/Mitrovica region is the latest step in continued improvements in access to justice for its residents. The new courtroom at the Basic Court of Mitrovicë/Mitrovica courthouse in South Mitrovica was inaugurated on June 25 by the Court’s President, Judge Nikola Kabašić…

Survivors of gender-based violence in northern Kosovo can finally find safe refuge close to home. After two years of efforts, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Christopher Coleman joined Zubin Potok Mayor Srđan Vulović and North Mitrovica Principal Executive Officer Adrijana…

As part of an initiative supported by UNMIK’s Human Rights Section and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) titled “Engaging with civil society on human rights monitoring and reporting”, more than 20 key human rights civil society organisations (CSOs) in Kosovo officially…

The ongoing threat of the global COVID-19 pandemic has caused shortages in personal protective equipment the world over, while economic hardship looms – but an UNMIK-supported project is addressing both issues at the same time. Over the past month, 54 women and six men from different communities in…

UNMIK has completed its second phase of a Kosovo-wide donation campaign, delivering personal protective equipment packages to 33 municipalities totaling: 1381 boxes of gloves (50 pairs in each box) and 2000 boxes of masks (50 in each box), as well as 387 tablet computers. After an initial two-week…

As part of our ongoing COVID-19 response activities, UNMIK's Justice Section has delivered hygiene and personal protective equipment to correctional facilities and courts across Kosovo. Secretariat of Judiciary Council of Kosovo director Shkelzen Maliqi said the amount donated would be enough to…

Misinformation damages quality of life. This was just one key joint message of a media literacy campaign spearheaded by Kosovo-Albanian and Kosovo-Serbian journalists who came together to amplify the messages. Over the past five months the Centre for Communities’ Development and KoSSev portal…

Young cyclists delivered more than 600 reusable masks to 200 Albanian, Serbian, Roma and Ashkali families in Lipjan/Lipljan with UNMIK support. The activity was organized by the United Youth Task Force a multi-ethnic network of young peacebuilders who are conducting an awareness-raising campaign on…

The crime of enforced disappearance is rife across the world. We see new cases almost daily, including the disappearance of defenders of the environment, who are often indigenous peoples. Meanwhile, the excruciating pain of old cases is still acute, as the fate of thousands of disappeared people…

On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, reaffirms UNMIK’s commitment to continue supporting the process of enlightening the fate of persons who are still missing in…