Kosovo
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Overview
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague opened proceedings against senior Kosovo Albanian politicians and former Kosovo Liberation Army commanders suspected of crimes under international law during the 1998-1999 war. Few survivors applied for the pension awarded to victims of wartime sexual violence. Under restrictions and a curfew imposed by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic, discrimination against Roma continued and domestic violence rose.
Death penalty status
Abolitionist for all crimes
Does not use the death penalty
News
Kosovo: Defamation lawsuits seeking to silence environmental activists must be withdrawn
Europe: “Climate justice must not stop at borders” human rights organizations tell ECHR in landmark case
Serbia/Kosovo: Confirmed indictment of Kosovo’s President for war crimes brings victims one step closer to long-awaited justice
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Europe and Central Asia
Kosovo: ‘The day I was left without my mother’