Integration of Minority Communities in the Post Status Kosovo / December 2006 / Ed. by Leon Malazogu / Prepared by Lulzim Peci and Ilir Dugolli, with research assistance by Valmir Ismaili / KIPRED Policy Research Series Occasional Paper

http://www.kipred.net/site/documents/Integration_of_minority_communities_in_the_post_status_Kosovo.pdf

This paper aims to identify some of the main challenges in the integration of minority communities after the Kosovo status resolution. As such it starts from the current situation of community/minority rights at the legal and practical level. Further on, it dwells upon the future challenges, particularly in terms of protection and development of group identity, within Kosovo's new identity.

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Kosovo: The Unprecedented State / KIPRED Policy Brief #6 / July 2007

http://www.kipred.net/site/documents/Kosovo%20The%20Unprecedented%20State%20.pdf

It is argued here that Kosovo's quest for independence is a unique case, hence it entitles Kosovo to become independent without violating international law. the case made here is based on a number of arguments, from the specific political dynamics that have brought Kosovo to this day, its legal and moral right to state succession from former Yugoslavia as a federal entity, to the atempted genocide and consistent brutal treatment of the Albanian majority for decades.

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Kosovo Overview / World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples / Minority Rights Group International

http://www.minorityrights.org/?lid=2458

In education and other areas, government and international UN administrators found it difficult to develop long-term policies due to the lack of clarity on Kosovo's final status. The status limbo also has had a more directly negative effect on minority rights by encouraging extremists on both sides of the Albanian-Serb divide to stake out maximalist positions and jockey for control of territory by driving out the others. Since 1999 the divided city of Mitrovica has been a particular flashpoint in this regard.

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Cutting Kosovo's lifeline / European Stability Initiative ESI / September 2006

http://www.esiweb.org/pdf/esi_document_id_80.pdf

Current policy debates in Kosovo fail to address what might well be the most important development issue facing Kosovo today: the impact of migration. As a result, one of the most destabilising changes to affect Kosovo for generations - the end of the era of mass migration - risks being entirely overlooked by those responsible for promoting stability and prosperity in Kosovo. This report is also available in German and in Albanian on the ESI website.

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Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development KIPRED

http://www.kipred.net/site/?id=1,67,67,67,e

KIPRED was founded in 2002 with the aim of promoting and strengthening democracy and democratic values in postwar Kosovo. KIPRED's mission is to promote and strengthen democracy and democratic values in Kosovo and the region. KIPRED is organized around two main pillars: a) policy research and b) training of political parties and government. A number of useful publications can be found here. The site is available in English and in Albanian.

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Negotiating the final status of Kosovo / Marc Weller / Chaillot Paper No. 114 / European Union Institute for Security Studies / December 2008

http://www.iss.europa.eu/uploads/media/cp114.pdf

This Chaillot Paper investigates how the international negotiations on the final status of Kosovo held under the auspices of the United Nations sought to address the tension between the rule of territorial unity and the need to come to terms with this reality.

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ECMI Kosovo

http://www.ecmikosovo.org

ECMI Kosovo advances majority-minority relations through the protection and promotion of minority communities and their interests, with the overarching aim to develop inclusive, representative, community-sensitive institutions that support a stable multi-ethnic Kosovo. Publications including regular newsletters and activity reports are also included on this website. Highly recommended as a starting point for research.

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Greek Helsinki Monitor

http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/

Documents such as press releases, articles, and reports on Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and Yugoslavia issued by reliable human rights NGOs and some IGOs and governments can be found here. Detailed reports on all national, ethnolinguistic and major religious groups in Greece, as well as the Greek minorities in Albania and Turkey, and the Albanian immigrants in Greece are available here.

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Health Care Under Siege / November 1998 / Johannes Wier Foundation

http://www.johannes-wier.nl/main.php?op=text&id=75

The results of this Dutch medical fact-finding mission to Kosovo highlight the failure of Serbian authorities to perform necessary forensic investigations of the suspicious deaths of ethnic Albanians, as well as the severe deterioriation of health care under the conditions of armed political conflict. Recommendations are made to end the violations of health-related human rights.

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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

http://www.ifrc.org/

This international humanitarian organisation strives to improve the situation of the world s most vulnerable people. Relief efforts world-wide, including those for refugees from the Kosovo crisis, can be found here.

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