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Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Kosovo): after tragedy, justice?

This booklet reviews the decade of torture and ill-treatment, disappearance and death in Kosovo province that precipitated today’s humanitarian tragedy, and presents the findings of Amnesty International’s latest research. It also contains a set of recommendations to all parties and lets you know what you can do to help.

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Kosovo): Amnesty International’s recommendations for the protection of human rights in post-conflict peace building and reconstruction in Kosovo

Consensus on a set of principles for a peace agreement concerning Kosovo was reached on 3 June 1999 between the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and a joint delegation of the European Union and the Russian Federation. These principles, subsequently approved by the Serbian Parliament, fail to address the protection of human … Continue reading Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Kosovo): Amnesty International’s recommendations for the protection of human rights in post-conflict peace building and reconstruction in Kosovo

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Kosovo): the forgotten resistance: the plight of conscientious objectors to military service after the conflict in Kosovo

This document discusses the plight of those who, often at the instigation of the international community, conscientously objected during the conflict in Kosovo. It calls on the international community to protect conscientous objectors who have fled the region.

FRY (Kosovo) update from the field: January 2000

This document describes some of Amnesty International’s recent findings from field researchers working in Kosovo (Kosova) in the period from December 1999 to mid-January 2000. It presents background on the situation as well as Amnesty International’s concerns and related recommendations.

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Kosovo): Amnesty International’s recommendations on the return of refugees to Kosovo

This report discusses Kosovar refugees’ protection need both within and without Kosovo, in the context of avoiding forcible return.

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: a human rights crisis in Kosovo province: human rights violations against women in Kosovo province

This report aims to illustrate the human rights situation of women, primarily ethnic Albanian women, in Kosovo province of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by highlighting a number of representative cases.

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: a human rights crisis in Kosovo province: the protection of Kosovo’s displaced and refugees

Since March this year (1998) the world has looked on as gross human rights abuses perpetrated in Kosovo province of Serbia have forcibly displaced ever multiplying numbers of people, predominantly ethnic Albanians, who form the majority in Kosovo. Civilians have been the principal victims of the violence and have frequently been deliberately targeted.

A decade of unheeded warnings: Amnesty International’s concerns in Kosovo: May 1989 – March 1999

An index of concerns expressed for Kosovo by Amnesty International