Better Late Than Never
Enhancing the Accountability of
International Institutions in Kosovo
I. Executive
Summary
Key
Recommendations
II.
Background
A Critical
Moment
Kosovo's
Accountability Gap
III. Current
Accountability Arrangements in Kosovo
Ombudsperson Institution
Human Rights Advisory Panel
Human Rights Oversight Committee
UNMIK Claims Commission
UNMIK Police Accountability Mechanisms
KFOR Accountability Mechanisms
OSCE Monitoring
Council of Europe Monitoring in Places of Detention
IV. Possible
Future Accountability Arrangements
International Civilian Presence "Review Mechanism"
Constitutional Court Jurisdiction over International Institutions
Restored
Ombudsperson
EU Police and Justice Mission
International
Military Presence
Independent OSCE Monitoring
Council of Europe: Continued Monitoring of Detention
V. Detailed Recommendations
International Organizations with a role in Kosovo's Incoming
Institutions
To the Council of the European Union
To NATO
member states and other governments contributing to the International Military
Presence
To the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture
Incoming
Institutions in Kosovo
To the International Civilian Representative
To the EU Police and Justice Mission to Kosovo
To the International Military Presence
To the Government of Kosovo
Continuing
Institutions in Kosovo
To the OSCE Mission in Kosovo
To the European Commission's Liaison Office in Kosovo
To the Ombudsperson Institution
Outgoing
Institutions in Kosovo
To the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
To UNMIK Police
To KFOR Headquarters
Human Rights Watch Reports on Kosovo
Glossary
ESDP European Security and Defence Policy
ICR International Civilian
Representative
IMP International
Military Presence
KFOR NATO-led Kosovo
Force
KPC Kosovo
Protection Corps
KPI Kosovo
Police Inspectorate
KPS Kosovo
Police Service
OSCE Organization
for Security and Co-operation in Europe
SRSG Special Representative of the United Nations
Secretary-General
UNMIK United
Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
Note on Place Names
For the sake of clarity and consistency, in
this report Human Rights Watch provides both the Serbian and Albanian place name
at first mention. Subsequent references use the Serbian version only, since
this is the English-language practice (for example, Pristina rather than
Prishtinë).
