On May 17, 2020, in Pristina, was marked the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. On this day, the Ombudsperson Institution drew attention to the LGBT group as one of the most vulnerable groups in the country. The institution noted that constitutional guarantees for human rights are fundamental values ​​for a democratic society and that the Law on Protection from Discrimination provides a general framework for protection against discrimination and concretizes the provisions of international conventions and the Constitution. Furthermore, when...

The Conditional Release Panel has decided on one hundred and ninety-seven (197) requests of cases filed by convicts through Correctional Centers, which required conditional release. Of the ten (10) sessions held, seventy (70) requests were approved, eighty-four (84) were rejected, nine (9) requests were thrown down, eighteen (18) were suspended, and for sixteen (16) requests the review procedure for parole has been terminated due to premature release by the courts. Read the full news here. ...

Concerned with the publication of news with the names and surnames of the persons ordered to be isolated in quarantine due to coronavirus, the Ombudsperson Institution has publicly addressed the portals in Kosovo. The Ombudperson asked the journalists to fulfill their legal obligations and to do more in the protection of personal data of those who are in quarantine, self-isolation, with Covid-2019 and hospitalized, except in cases when the person gives consent of this. This institution has stated that the Constitution...