| Law (0) | Policy (4) | Other (9) |
POLICY
2018 - Kosovo: Regulation No. 01/2018 on the return of displaced persons and durable solutions
This is a sub-national policy.
| Definition | yes |
| Non-discrimination clause | yes |
| Cause – conflict/violence | yes |
| Cause – natural disasters | no |
| Cause – human-made disasters/development projects | no |
| Prevention | no |
| Protection and Assistance | no |
| Durable Solutions | yes |
| Institutional focal point | yes (see page 3) |
| Funding mechanism | yes (see page 14) |
| Data collection mechanism | yes (see pages 8-9, 16-17) |
| Guiding Principles | no |
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2013 - Kosovo: Strategy for Communities and Returns (2014 to 2018)
This is a sub-national policy.
| Definition | yes |
| Non-discrimination clause | partially |
| Cause – conflict/violence | yes |
| Cause – natural disasters | no |
| Cause – human-made disasters/development projects | no |
| Prevention | no |
| Protection and Assistance | no |
| Durable Solutions | yes |
| Institutional focal point | yes (see pages 24 and 26) |
| Funding mechanism | yes (see pages 22, 24, 25 and 28) |
| Data collection mechanism | yes (see pages 22 to 24) |
| Guiding Principles | yes |
Refers to : the Strategy for Communities and Return 2009-2013; Law on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Communities and their Members; Guidelines for Return Support; The Strategy for the integration of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities. Includes: Action Plan for the Strategy for Communities and Return (Annex A).
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2008 - Kosovo: Strategy for Communities and Returns (2009 to 2013)
This is a sub-national policy.
| Definition | yes |
| Non-discrimination clause | partially |
| Cause – conflict/violence | yes |
| Cause – natural disasters | yes |
| Cause – human-made disasters/development projects | yes |
| Prevention | no |
| Protection and Assistance | no |
| Durable Solutions | yes |
| Institutional focal point | yes (see pages 5, 24 and 25) |
| Funding mechanism | yes (see pages 28 to 30) |
| Data collection mechanism | yes (see page 18) |
| Guiding Principles | yes |
Refers to: the “Protocol of sustainable return and volunteer” (June 2006), the “Revised Manual for Sustainable Returns” (June 2006); and the Ahtisaari plan (2007).
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2002 - National Strategy for Resolving the Problems of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
| Definition | no |
| Non-discrimination clause | partially |
| Cause – conflict/violence | yes |
| Cause – natural disasters | no |
| Cause – human-made disasters/development projects | no |
| Prevention | no |
| Protection and Assistance | no |
| Durable Solutions | yes |
| Institutional focal point | yes (see pages 3, 9, 13 and 15) |
| Funding mechanism | yes (see pages 3, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15) |
| Data collection mechanism | yes (see page 19) |
| Guiding Principles | no |
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OTHER
Other
2012 – Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo (Code No.04/L-082) (Includes amendments made on 19 October 2012) – Sub-national Instrument
2009 – Migration Management Strategy
2008 – Kosovo: Strategy for the Integration of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian Communities in the Republic of Kosovo (2009-2015) – Sub-national Instrument
2008 – Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo – Sub-national Instrument
2006 – Protocol on Voluntary and Sustainable Return
2004 – Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Serbia (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia No.135/04)
2003 – Charter on Human and Minority Rights and Civil Liberties
2000 – Law on Elections of Representatives (Includes amendments up to 2004)
2000 – Law on the Election of Members of the Parliament (Includes: amendments up to 2011)