General Resources

Regional Reports and Documents

UN report, 2008.
Crime and its Impact on the Balkans
released 29 May by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. download

International Organization for Migration, Juni 2007.
Sonderedition zum Jubiläum "10 Jahre Rückkehrhilfe Schweiz"
download

European Stability Initiative, June, 2005.
Breaking out of the Balkan Ghetto: Why IPA should be changed
download

European Stability Initiative, February, 2005.
The Helsinki Moment: European Member-state Building in the Balkans
download

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Minorities

Recommended Documents
Council of the European Union Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000
Implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin.

Project on Ethnic Relations (PER). The Romani "Mahalas" (Neighborhoods) of South Eastern Europe: Politics, Poverty, and Ethnic Unrest. Skopje Conference Report. December 2002.

Recommended Links
Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC)

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Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Recommended Documents

Contat-Hickel, Marguerite, September 2001.
Protection of Internally Displaced Persons affected by Armed Conflict: Concept and Challenges
International Review of the Red Cross 83/843, pp. 699-711.

Council of Europe.
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and Explanatory Report (H [1995]010)
Strassbourg, February 1995. download

Deng, Francis.
Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2. download

Deng, Francis.
Compilation and Analysis of Legal Norms
E/CN.4/1996/52/Add.2. download

Deng, Francis.
Compilation and Analysis of Legal Norms. Part 2
E/CN.4/1998/53/Add. 19. download

ICRC, May 2005.
The Situation of Internally Displaced Persons in Serbia and Montenegro
Issues Paper, Belgrade. download

ICRC, July 2003.
The Vulnerability Assessment of Internally Displaced Persons in Serbia and Montenegro
Final Report

Kälin, Walter, 2000.
Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
Annotations. ASIL Studies in Transnational Legal Policy, No. 32. Washington, DC.
download

Kälin, Walter. Representative of the UN Secretary-General
on the Human Rights of Internally-Displaced Persons.
Press Release: Visit to Croatia
9 June 2005. more

Kälin, Walter. Representative of the UN Secretary-General
on the Human Rights of Internally-Displaced Persons.
Press Release: Visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina
15 June 2005.more

Mangala, Jack M., December 2001
Prévention des déplacements forcés de population ? possibilités et limites
International Review of the Red Cross 83/844, pp.1067-95. download

Recommended Links
UN High Commission for Refugees, Representation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Dealing with the Past

Recommended Documents

Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA), January 2009.
The EU and the Western Balkans. Grassroots Peacebuilding and Enlargement
download

Franovic, Ivana, 2008.
Dealing with the Past in the Context of Ethnonationalism. The Case of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia
Berghof Occasional Papers No. 29. download

Recommended Links
Documenta - Centre for Dealing with the Past
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Recommended Documents

International Crisis Group, 2011.
Bosnia: State Institutions under Attack
Crisis Group Europe Briefing N°62, 6 May 2011. download / overview

International Crisis Group, 2009.
Bosnia: A Test of Political Maturity in Mostar
Crisis Group Europe Briefing N°54, 27 July 2009. download / overview

Human Rights Wacht, July 2009.
Still Waiting: Bringing Justice for War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina's Cantonal and District Courts
download

The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Dayton Peace Agreement)

Sisson, Jonathan (ed.)
Dealing with the Past in Post-Conflict Societies: Ten Years after the Peace Accords - in Guatemala and Bosnia - Herzegovina
swisspeace Annual Conference 2006. order / download

European Stability Initative, Berlin and Populari, Sarajevo, December 2007.
A Bosnian Fortress. Return, energy, and the future of Republika Srpska
download

European Stability Initiative, 2004.
Governance and Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Post-Industrial Society and the Authoritarian Temptation
download

International Crisis Group, September 2005.
Bosnia's Stalled Police Reform: No Progress, No EU.
Report N°164. download

Recommended Links
UN High Commission for Refugees: Representation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Croatia

Recommended Documents

Open Society Iniative, 2005.
Croatias Openness Index and Initial Findings on Societal Openness in Croatia
download

Recommended Links
Documenta - Centre for Dealing with the Past
Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (CHC)

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Kosovo

Recommended Documents

European Stability Initiative.
Isolation Confirmed
download

Bekaj, Armend R., 2010.
The KLA and the Kosovo War. From Intra-State Conflict to Independent Country
Berghof Conflict Research. download

International Crisis Group, August 2010.
Kosovo and Serbia after the ICJ Opinion
International Crisis Group Europe Report 2006. download

European Commission, October 2009.
Kosovo - Fulfilling its European Perspective
Communication from the Commission. COM(2009) 5343. download

European Commission, October 2009.
Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99 2009 Progress Report
Commission Staff Working Document. SEC(2009) 1340. download

UNDP, July 2008.
Access to Justice in Kosovo
Assessment Report. download

Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Dusan Reljic, January 2008.
Bedrohliche Weiterung der Kosovo-Krise
download

International Crisis Group, December 2007.
Kosovo Countdown: A Blueprint for Transition
download

International Crisis Group, August 2007.
Breaking the Kosovo Stalemate: Europe's Responsibility
download

International Crisis Group, May 2007.
No Good Alternatives to the Ahtisaari Plan
download

UNDP, December 2007.
Public Perceptions on Transitional Justice Report. Report on Transitional Justice
Opinion Polling Survey Conducted in April-May 2007 in Kosovo. download

UNDP Kosovo

OSCE, April 2007.
Report on the administrative justice system in Kosovo
more

International Red Cross.
Family Links
Missing persons Archive in Kosovo-Metohija with the names of 2,047 missing persons from the province. 2007. more

International Crisis Group, May 2005.
Kosovo after Haradinaj
Europe Report N°163. download

Christopher Tütsch
Kosovo's Burdensome Path to Economic Development and Interethnic Coexistence
FAST Risk Profile Kosovo. order / download

Project on Ethnic Relations (PER), July 2005.
Kosovo and the Region Prepare for Change: Relations, Responsible Governance, and Personal Security.
Lucerne Conference Report. download

Economic Strategy and Project Identification Group, August 2004.
Towards a Kosovo Development Plan: The State of the Kosovo Economy and Possible Ways Forward
ESPIG Policy Paper No. 1. download

Project on Ethnic Relations (PER), November 2004.
Kosovo: Assuring Security for the Neighborhood
Budapest Conference Report. download

OSCE and UNHCR, March 2003.
Tenth Assessment of the Situation of Ethnic Minorities in Kosovo
(Period covering May 2002 to December 2002). download

UN Security Council, October 2005.
Comprehensive Review of the Situation in Kosovo
S/2005/635. download

Recommended Links
OSCE Mission in Kosovo
United Nations Interim Adminsitration in Kosovo (UNMIK)

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Macedonia

Recommended Documents

Project on Ethnic Relations (PER), May 2003.
Macedonias Interethnic Coalition: The First Six Months
Mavrovo Conference Report. download

Project on Ethnic Relations (PER), June 2004.
Macedonias Interethnic Coalition: Solidifying Gains
Mavrovo Conference Report. download

Project on Ethnic Relations (PER), June 2005.
Macedonia: On the Road to Brussels
Mavrovo Conference Report. download

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Serbia

Recommended Documents

International Crisis Group, August 2010.
Kosovo and Serbia after the ICJ Opinion
International Crisis Group Europe Report 206. download

International Crisis Group, April 2008.
Will the Real Serbia Please Stand Up?
download

International Crisis Group, May 2007.
Serbia's New Government: Turning from Europe
download

Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, 2004.
Human Rights and Collective Identity
download

Recommended Links
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Belgrade Circle
Center for Nonviolent Action
Women in Black

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