Failure to Protect:

Anti-Minority Violence in Kosovo, March 2004

SUMMARY..

RECOMMENDATIONS

INTRODUCTION...

BACKGROUND: KOSOVO'S UNRESOLVED STATUS AND THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN KOSOVO...

The Establishment and Role of KFOR..

The Establishment and Role of UNMIK..

The Kosovo Police Service

THE SPARKS THAT CAUSED A FIRE..

The Shooting of Jovica Ivic in Caglavica

The Role of the "War Associations"

The Drowning of Three Boys in the Ibar River

FAILURE TO PROTECT: UNMIK AND KFOR'S INABILITY TO PROTECT SERBS AND OTHER MINORITIES

THE VIOLENCE: ETHNIC ALBANIAN ATTACKS ON SERBS AND ROMA..

Was the Violence Spontaneous or Organized?

The Mitrovica and Caglavica Clashes

Attacks Against Serbs and Roma, and the Failure to Protect

Pristina/Prishtine

Lipljan/Lipjan

Svinjare/Frasher

Slatina/Sllatine

Vucitrn/Vushtrii

Kosovo Polje/Fushe Kosove

Obilic/Obiliq

Belo Polje/Bellopoje

Djakovica/Gjakove

Prizren

THE RESPONSE OF THE KOSOVAR LEADERSHIP TO THE VIOLENCE..

THE SITUATION FOR SERBS, ROMA, AND OTHER NON-ALBANIAN MINORITIES IN KOSOVO AFTER THE VIOLENCE..

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS