Within the project "Youth for Justice" 20 young men and women began their six months’ internship program in the Basic Courts in Peja, Gjakova, Pristina and Ferizaj. According to interns reports, their first month of work has been successful. All interns have been engaged in various judicial departments (civil and criminal), and some of them have been engaged in the judicial administration and in the case management office. They are also engaged in keeping minutes during the hearings, compiling invitations and other legal acts. At the beginning of the work,...

Twenty-sixth of June marks the International Day in support of victims of torture, stipulated by General Assembly of United Nations. Due to pandemic, the National Mechanism on Torture Prevention (NMTP) of Ombudsperson institution has stopped carrying on-site visits to the detention centers and prisons, grounded on the principle of “not engendering a greater damage” recommended by the European Committee on torture prevention and the Committee Against Torture (CAT). Nonetheless, monitoring of rights of persons deprived of liberty by the NMTP...