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Acknowledgements

This report was researched and written by Julie Chadbourne, Human Rights Watch researcher on Kosovo.  It is based on field research conducted in six municipalities across Kosovo in September and October 2005 and extensive interviews with criminal justice system actors, national and international, in Kosovo between November 2005 and March 2006. Benjamin Ward, associate director in the Europe and Central Asia Division, edited the report.  Aisling Reidy, senior legal adviser, conducted the legal review, and Ian Gorvin, consultant to the program division, conducted the program review. Veronika Leila Szente Goldston, advocacy director of the Europe and Central Asia division, reviewed the executive summary and recommendations.  James Ross, senior legal advisor, and Bogdan Ivanisevic, researcher on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia and Montengro, read early drafts of the report and provided valuable research advice and comments. Victoria Elman, associate in the Europe and Central Asia division, Veronica Matushaj, photo editor and associate director in the Development and Outreach division, Andrea Holley, manager of outreach and public education, and Fitroy Hepkins, mail manager in the Publications division, prepared this report for production.

Human Rights Watch thanks the staff of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and its implementing partners, including the Department of Justice, the police, and the OSCE, who agreed to be interviewed for this report or otherwise cooperated in its preparation. Human Rights Watch is also grateful to the national prosecutors and judges, municipal representatives and police officers who spoke with us during our field research.

We acknowledge with great appreciation the many nongovernmental organizations, journalists, and activists who provided valuable insight in the early stages of our research for this report.  A special thanks goes to Mercy Corps, the Danish Refugee Council, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for their assistance and advice during the research of this report and for their ongoing support of our work. Human Rights Watch thanks the many individuals who so candidly shared their stories and perspectives with us during our research, and the interpreters who so ably facilitated our communication.

Human Rights Watch also acknowledges the generous support of the Phyllida and Glenn Earle Foundation.