Human Rights

Annual Reports to Congress on International Religious Freedom - Kosovo

These reports, produced by the U.S. Department of State, describe the status of religious freedom in Kosovo, government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations, and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world. It is submitted in compliance with the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.


Juvenile Justice

Justice for Children: Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice Practice in Kosovo
       www.unicef.org/ceecis/Kosovo_JJ_report_eng.pdf

"This report presents research findings from a study of the juvenile justice system in Kosovo. The aims of the study were to collect baseline data in order to analyse the rate and nature of juvenile1 offending in Kosovo; to undertake a thorough analysis of the implementation of the juvenile justice system in Kosovo, and in particular, the implementation of the Juvenile Justice Code 2004 (JJC); and to provide recommendations on how the juvenile justice system could be strengthened."


Research & Statistics

Crime and its impact on the Balkans

This report produced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, is a look at a region stigmatised for its role in heroin trafficking, human trafficking, and other forms of organised crime. It is based on data gathered through Member States’ responses to the United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (CTS) and the United Nations Annual Reports Questionnaire (ARQ), as well as a desk review of the published literature.

The World Factbook (CIA)
       www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kv.html

Provides a description of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues of Austria. Other country descriptions are written to a common template so that comparisons of similar functions in different countries can be made easily.