Rights Displaced

Forced Returns of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians from Western Europe to Kosovo

Glossary of Abbreviations

CRP/K      Civil Registration Project Kosovo

DRC      Danish Refugee Council

EAR      European Agency for Reconstruction

ECLO      European Commission’s Liaison Office

EU      European Union

HPD      Housing and Property Directorate

ICESCR      International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

ICO      International Civilian Office

IDP      Internally Displaced Person

IOM      International Organization for Migration

IRDK      Iniciativa e Re Demokratike e Kosoves [New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo, Kosovo Egyptian Party]

KPA      Kosovo Property Agency

KPS      Kosovo Police Service

MoU      Memorandum of Understanding

NRC      Norwegian Refugee Council

OHCHR      Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

OPM      Office of Prime Minister

OSCE      Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

PDAK      Partia Demokratike e Ashkanlive te Kosoves [The Democratic Party of the Kosovo Ashkali]

PISG      Provisional Institutions of Self-Government

RAE      Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian

SRSG      Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General

UDHR      Universal Declaration of Human Rights

UNDP      United Nations Development Programme

UNHCR       United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNMIK      United Nations Mission in Kosovo

USAID    US Agency for International Development