Izbor - Kosmet, 2007 / 05 / 04

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Serbian

DAJTE DELEGACIJI MEMORANDUM VASE ČUBRILOVIĆA* (Koha ditore – Priština) ISTINA O KOSOVU?! (Shqip – Tirana) SRBIJA HOĆE RAT, HOĆE PODELU ALBANSKOG KOSOVA, A NEĆE POLITIČKI KOMPROMIS NI SA ALBANCIMA NI SA AMERIKOM! (MitrovicaPRESS – Mitrovica) SRBIJA ZLONAMERNO TUMAČI I ZLOUPOTREBLJAVA MEĐUNARODNO PRAVO (Iliria Post – Priština) SUDBINA ČINJENICA (Koha ditore – Priština) PRAOCI PREVODA (Express – Priština) NJUJORK U BEOGRADU, KOSOVO I UBISTVO PREMIJERA (Zëri – Priština) DA LI ĆE SE OSVESTITI SRBI SA KOSOVA? (Infopress – Priština) AHTISARIJEV PLAN ILI NEPLANIRANI HAOS (Zëri – Priština) TAJNA (Express – Priština) KO SE IGRA VATROM? (Koha ditore – Priština) SB «OTKRIVA» SB (Kosova sot – Priština) GDE JE PLAN «B»? (Koha ditore – Priština) DOBRO DOŠLI NA KOSOVO! (Koha ditore – Priština) OLI REN: «OČEKUJEMO REZOLUCIJU TOKOM PROLEĆA» (Koha ditore – Priština)

Izbor - Kosmet, 2007 / 05 / 11

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Serbian

ZA ALBANIJU - NI VELIKU, NI MALU, VEĆ ONAKVU KAKVA TREBA DA (Epoka e re - Priština) ALBANSKI «PERFORMANS» - NEDOVOLJAN ZA DELEGACIJU SB OUN (55 - Tirana) MITROVICA - MOJA KRV KOJA SE NE PRAŠTA (Iliria Post - Priština) SMENJENI PATRIJARH (Koha ditore - Priština) O «NESALOMLJIVIM» (Express - Priština) MOSKVA HOĆE JOŠ JEDNU REZOLUCIJU POPUT 1244 (Koha ditore - Priština) SRPSKI ANAHRONIZAM (Kosova sot - Priština) BEZ VOJSKE PROTIV ČUBRILOVIĆA?! (Epoka e re - Priština) KOSOVO POSTAJE UZROK VELIKIH POLITIČKIH RASKOLA U SRBIJI (Zëri - Priština) DVOSTRUKI GUBITAK SRBIJE (Zëri - Priština) RUSKO TRGOVANJE VETOM (Express - Priština) PET RAZLOGA ZA USVAJANJE REZOLUCIJE SB OUN (Zëri - Priština) NAPETOSTI ZBOG REZOLUCIJE (Express - Priština) NI RIBA, NI MESO! (Koha ditore - Priština) KOSOVO - OMČA OKO VRATA SRBIJE (Zëri - Priština) ROK ZA USVAJANJE REZOLUCIJE SB OUN (Zëri - Priština) PRIKUPLJATI ČINJENICE PRED SVRŠENIM ČINOM (Koha ditore - Priština) SOLSTROM: «MI TRENERI - VI IGRAČI» (Epoka e re - Priština)

Izbor - Kosmet, 2007 / 09 / 21

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Serbian

GDE JE MAKAR I JEDAN SRBIN - TO JE SRBIJA!!! (Shqip - Tirana) EVROPSKO ILI ATLANTSKO PITANJE? (Gazeta shqiptare - Tirana) ŠTA NEDOSTAJE RUSIJI?! (Shqip - Tirana) ČETIRI FAZE ANGAŽOVANJA TROJKE KONTAKT GRUPE ZA KOSOVO (Zëri - Priština) ZAGONETKA O KOSOVU (Shekulli - Tirana) NACIONALNA PORUKA ALBANIJE (Shqip - Tirana) OPASAN PREDLOG (Infopress - Priština) STATUS KOSOVA - TALAC RUSKOG OKSIDENTALIZMA? (Epoka e re - Priština) POSLE 10. DECEMBRA STIŽE DEDA MRAZ, ALI NE I NEZAVISNOST (Koha ditore - Priština) DA LI KONTAKT GRUPA MOŽE DA ISTUPI SA NOVIM PREDLOGOM O (Zëri - Priština) DRŽAVE EU ČEKAJU PROGLAŠENJE NEZAVISNOSTI (Express - Priština) SCENARIJI ZA REŠENJE STATUSA KOSOVA POSLE 10. DECEMBRA (Zëri - Priština) SRBI “BOJKOTUJU” BEOGRAD (Kosova sot - Priština) KAKVA JE KOŠTUNIČINA STRATEGIJA PROTIV NEZAVISNOSTI KOSOVA? (Zëri - Priština) NEZAVISNOST POD REZOLUCIJOM 1244. (Koha ditore - Priština) USTUPCI BEZ EFEKTA (Zëri - Priština) SLABOST EU I USPON RUSIJE (Koha ditore - Priština) “CRVENE LINIJE” RUSIJE I PREDSEDNIK VILSON (Express - Priština)

Pitanje državne imovine u BiH – postoji li rješenje?

Author(s): Ena Gotovuša / Language(s): Bosnian

The solution of the issue of state property is one of the conditions for further progress of Bosnia and Herzegovina regards European integration. For the purpose of better understanding the issues of distribution of state property, the chronology of attempts/failures in reaching the agreement between the competent authorities has been presented, as well as unilateral entity attempts to solve the same issue. The role of the international community is presented as well, including the Office of the High Representative for B&H. The present analyses focuses onto a series of arguments why the Law on the status of the state property on the territory of RS and which is banned from disposal is in contradiction with the Constitution of B&H. The decision of the Constitutional Court of B&H should offer the final solution to this issue and, consequently, remove the doubts concerning the right of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina to dispose with its property with no restrictions.

Zakon o zaštiti životne sredine u Srbiji: postojeća rešenja i pravci noveliranja

Author(s): Mirjana Drenovak-Ivanović / Language(s): Serbian

After the Law on Environmental Protection had been adopted in 2004, a number of special laws came into force and a number of important international conventions were adopted. In the meantime, the Law on Environmental Protection was amended, but it did not bring a satisfactory level of consistency between the Law on Environmental Protection and new legislative acts. This paper analyzes the disadvantages of the Law on Environmental Protection that have occurred during the eight years of its implementation. In addition, the paper points out the possible solutions and directions that could be made in order to change those disadvantages and harmonize the Law on Environmental Protection with the EU legislation. This paper analyzes the terms in the Law on Environmental Protection and their relations with the terms stipulated by special laws, the consequences of the lack of legal definition of environmental information, the importance to stipulate principle of protection from negative effects of GMO and the importance of establishing environmental inspection in the organizational and functional sense by this framework Law.

PARALLEL REPORT by the European Roma Rights Centre Concerning Italy (For Consideration by the Human Rights Committee at its 117th session 20 June – 15 July 2016)

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English

The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) submits this parallel report to the Human Rights Committee reporting country-specific information on issues affecting Roma in Italy that raise questions under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The present report describes the current situation regarding two of the most serious human rights abuses of Roma in Italy – the residential segregation of Roma and hate speech and violence against Roma.

WRITTEN COMMENTS of the European Roma Rights Centre, Concerning Romania (For Consideration by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the 53rd Session 10-28 November 2014).

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English

According to current unofficial estimates the total number of Roma in Romania may be up to two million people. A verified and accurate count remains elusive. In 2013, the National Statistics Institute published the results of the 2011 Census of the Population and Households, finding that the total population had dropped from 21.68 million inhabitants in 2002 to 20.12 million. Of the 18.18 million respondents who gave information about their ethnicity, the number of persons self-identifying as Roma had increased to 621,006 (3.3% of total respondents, an increase from 535,140 (2.46%) in the 2002 census). The ERRC’s research in Romania shows that Roma face discrimination, social marginalisation and extreme poverty and challenges in many areas of life, including employment, housing, health and education.

Judgment in the Savchenko case

Author(s): Tamás Lattmann / Language(s): English

On 22 March, Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian servicewoman was sentenced to 22 years in prison by a court in the Russian city of Donetsk, after being convicted of directing artillery fire to kill two journalists in eastern Ukraine during the hostilities in June 2014, during the course of the “War in Donbass”. The defendant of the case had earlier been captured by separatist forces and taken over to Russian territory by force. Not surprisingly, the Ukrainian government has stated that they would never accept the verdict as legitimate, expressing strong criticism towards the procedure and Russia in general. Other countries have also expressed their disdain, though employing much less harsh wordings. For example the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also issued a statement on the situation, demanding the release of Nadiya Savchenko, but it has appealed to humanitarian reasons, and has only carefully mentioned Russia’s „international commitments”, mainly referring to the 2015 Minsk agreement, which had been concluded by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany, assisted by the OSCE to work out and uphold a ceasefire.

A promising beginning of negotiations of a convention banning nuclear weapons

Author(s): Miroslav Tůma / Language(s): English

The first round of talks regarding the negotiations of a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons (their use, production, ownership, etc.) took place on March 27–31, 2017, at the UN Headquarters in New York under the presidency of Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gómez of Costa Rica. The second, and final round of talks, during which the finalization and adoption of the proposed convention is expected, should take place in New York from June 15 to July 7, 2017. The aforementioned first round was preceded by an organizational meeting in New York on February 16, 2017, in the presence of representatives of more than 100 countries, at which the provisional agenda and the rules of procedure for the general meeting of the UN General Assembly were agreed. According to these rules, a two-thirds majority is necessary for decisions on important questions and a simple majority of all present members is required for procedural issues. In contrast to consensus decision-making, which is valid, for instance, for the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, no country present at the UN conference can veto an adopted decision.The first round of negotiations was attended by around 130 countries, and representatives of several organizations, such as the UN, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and a number of non-governmental organizations, as well as surviving victims of the US-caused nuclear explosion in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which are called Hibakusha in Japan. All countries that own nuclear weapons, as well as a large majority of Alliance states, including the Czech Republic, and partner countries relying on nuclear protection, especially protection by the US, boycotted the meeting. From the Alliance states, only the Netherlands attended, and from the European Union states, the already mentioned Netherlands, and also Austria, Sweden and Ireland participated. From the partner countries, Japan was present.

What future for Peace? The changing nature of democratic governance and the military organization.

Author(s): Pauline Collins / Language(s): English

The United Nations Charter (1945) sets forth in its preamble its raison d’être as saving “succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and […] to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors”. The reality that since 1945 the world has experienced more than 250 major conflicts, with many more than 100 million casualties, shows that these aims have been largely aspirational. While the nature of conflicts has changed since the end of the Cold War, with the focus turning to internal state conflicts rather than international conflicts, there have been at least three major international wars in recent times. In addition, we see a challenge to the concept of the nation state, key to the system of containment of violence in the international arena, with the rise of non-state actors such as armed groups supporting ideologies and commercial private military and security companies (PMSC) operating in some of the prior domains of state militaries. The fragmentation within states through/ differentiating ethnic and religious populations, and the existence of failed states, present challenges to the universal system and attempts such as the Geneva Conventions to constrain aspects of conflict.

Historicky významná Smlouva zakazující jaderné zbraně (Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons) byla schválena

Author(s): Miroslav Tůma / Language(s): Czech

Ending 'Ghettoisation' of the Western Balkans – Visa Liberalisation Prospects

Author(s): Biljana Kotevska / Language(s): English

Ever since the European Commission [EC] handed over the Roadmap for Visa Free Travel to the Macedonian government in May 2008, visa liberalisation has been the topic of the year. There hasn't been a speech delivered by government officials, an issue of a newspaper or an event on integration held without mentioning the issue of visa liberalisation. Many reports have been written. Many researches as well as research projects have been conducted, assessing the process of visa facilitation, reviewing the fulfilment of the criteria set in the roadmap or evaluating the prospects for visa liberalisation for the near future. After so many writings on this process, a vast media coverage as well as political exploitation of the topic, what this report aims to do is to present a compact picture on the whole process up to date. It will start by presenting an overview of events preceding the visa liberalisation negotiations, through a short history of travelling for the citizens of the Western Balkans, and presenting what was to follow in the form of Visa Facilitation Agreements and their implementation. This will be followed by an intro on the visa liberalisation process and an overview of the current progress of Macedonia against the Roadmap benchmarks. Next, a brief explanation on how will the decision on visa liberalisation be made, as well as the "what ifs?” on a positive and on a negative opinion of the EC on Macedonia's progress on the visa issue. It will wrap up with recommendations on how to further progress with this process.

Action Memo – Final Document of the Young Faces Network Programme 2010 Organized by the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF)

Author(s): Sonja Zuber / Language(s): English

With the Lisbon Treaty, new challenges have been raised for the national parliaments when it comes to the oversight of the CSDP. Macedonia as a candidate member state must follow the activities in Brussels closely regarding these issues, as alignment to the regulations from the Lisbon treaty should be of a highest priority. This review has brought to light several issues that the committee and Parliament face in the decision-making process regarding sending troops in missions under the CSDP. This memo provides brief description of the cooperation between Macedonia and EU regarding CSDP, identifies the main shortcomings and puts forward several propositions for ensuring close and successful relations between Republic of Macedonia and the EU regarding CSDP. Those propositions are: forming a joint body with the Government and the Ministry of Defence specifically for peace missions and sending troops abroad; propose amendments to the current Law on Defence and institutionalise the process of cooperation with other defence parliamentary committees from the region.

Towards 2nd Generation of Security Sector Reforms in Macedonia

Author(s): Andreja Bogdanovski,Magdalena Lembovska / Language(s): English

The peaceful dissolution from communist Yugoslavia in the 90s, together with the experiences from and after the Internal Armed Conflict in 2001 and the efforts to join EU and NATO make Macedonia an interesting case for observing how its security sector governance has evolved and whether it has actually succeeded in institutionalising good practices. This policy paper, therefore, aims at identifying the trends and the main challenges for governance of Macedonia’s security sector for the period 2009 - 2012 in three arenas: externally (through the Parliament), internally (through the executive control) and lastly, the control over the spending of public funds. The authors of this publication try to illuminate the stage to which Macedonia has progressed in the implementation of the second generation of Security Sector Reforms identified by Timothy Edmunds as “the consolidation of previous reforms, and the effective and efficient operation of institutions and procedures at a sustainable cost for the state and society.”

Analysis of the National Policies and Practices Dealing with Illegal Migration and Asylum Seekers

Author(s): Magdalena Lembovska / Language(s): English

The past decade has seen rapid changes in the migration flows in, from and through the countries of the Western Balkans. Regular migration is very important for the country’s socio-economic and demographic development; however, irregular migration also deserves special attention by the competent authorities. It is an issue of both state security and human security and is usually connected with serious and organized crime and the infringement of human rights. Following visa liberalization for the Western Balkans counties, the region is usually seen as the origin of illegal migration into the European Union. During the last few years all eyes were focused on asylum seekers from the Western Balkans countries. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the fact that the region is also a transit area for migrants towards the EU. So far there has been little discussion about this phenomenon among researchers and policy makers, although the national and regional media are becoming more interested in the issue, bringing it closer to citizens.

The EU’s Rule of Law Initiative in Central Asia

Author(s): Rico Isaacs / Language(s): English

The EU’s Rule of Law Initiative is one of three EU regional projects in Central Asia, first set out in the EU’s Central Asia Strategy in 2007, as a flagship engagement aimed at linking political priorities to practical assistance in the region. The Initiative is intended, on the part of the EU and member states, “to support on-going modernisation of the legal sector, as part of a more comprehensive strategy to foster and consolidate stability, prosperity and respect for human rights in Central Asian countries”. Rule of Law is now being viewed as a key policy goal amongst international development actors. Economic growth, political modernisation and the ability to attract foreign investment hinges, in part, on strengthening rule of law in transitional states. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have developed legal systems that contain some newly introduced elements of Western law, residual vestiges of the Soviet legal system and elements of traditional practices and customs.

№87: Consequences of the U.S. Withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Author(s): Marek Wąsiński,Damian Wnukowski / Language(s): English

Donald Trump, at the beginning of his presidency, decided to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation free trade agreement signed in 2016. By this act, the U.S. has lost a very important economic and geopolitical tool in the Asia-Pacific region. Although there are chances that the remaining 11 countries will ratify the agreement without the U.S., it is much less significant and most probably will not be a template for future trade agreements as planned. As a result, the leadership of regional integration may fall to China, which perceived TPP as part of a U.S. containment strategy. At the same time, the EU can benefit from the disarray by pursuing its own trade agenda in the Asia-Pacific region.

International and EU Regulation of Countering the Hostile Misuse of CBRN Materials and Knowledge

Author(s): Tatyana Novossiolova / Language(s): English

The present report provides an overview of the international and EU regulatory context of countering the deliberate misuse of CBRN materials and knowledge. The report argues that upholding the international norms against WMD non-proliferation enshrined in the existing international and EU regulations and arrangements in the area of WMD arms control and disarmament, relevant export and import control, and counter-terrorism is an essential requirement for preventing the hostile misuse of CBRN materials and knowledge.

The Price of Protests: Freedom of Assembly Practices of the Competent Institutions in BiH

Author(s): Ajla Škrbić / Language(s): English

This Report analyses the right to freedom of assembly, with a focus on practices of the competent authorities: the ministries of the interior in the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska, and the Police of Brčko District. The practice of other actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina has also been researched, those competent to decide on the exercise of the right to assembly (ministries of transport, municipal bodies, private persons). Although the focus is on practice, positive regulations pertaining to notifications and the possibility of banning assemblies have also been analysed, as well as their compliance with international standards. The main goal of the research was to determine whether the practice of the institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina is restrictive with respect to the right to freedom of assembly and what are the challenges that assembly organisers face. The research covered the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the time period from 1 January 2017 until 31 December 2019. The results of the research indicate that the number of public assemblies in Bosnia and Herzegovina is growing, as is the number of their participants. Legislation, however, differs in different parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the common characteristic that it is not in line with international standards. Poor legislation, its poor application in practice and the large discretion granted to actors in this field lead to restrictions and discrimination in the exercise of the right to public assembly in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Practices of the authorities vary depending on assembly purpose, i.e., they are restrictive where assemblies tend to criticize the local government or focus on the rights of women and LGBTI people. Therefore, it is necessary to align domestic laws throughout the country, to harmonize them with international standards and to continuously train state authorities with respect to international standards in this field and their application. In view of the above, this Report makes recommendations for the development of a quality framework for the exercise of the right to freedom of assembly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in line with international standards.

Šta je Putin rekao

Author(s): Vladimir Gligorov / Language(s): Serbian

Nije uopšte potrebno tumačiti. Predsednik Rusije je Generalnom sekretaru Ujedinjenih nacija objasnio zašto smatra da je ruska vojna intervencija u Ukrajini u saglasnosti sa međunarodnim pravom. Što je ovaj drugi gotovo ispod glasa osporio. Objašnjenje je poučno.