Life in Kosovo discusses about emergency situations
Tonight, Life in Kosovo will broadcast a debate on the emergency situations in our country.
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Every Thursday starting from 20:30, Radio Television Kosovo, RTK, broadcasts the TV debate show "Life in Kosovo", a joint production of BIRN and RTK.
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Life in Kosovo discusses the problems in the judicial system
03 June 2009 This Thursday, Life in Kosovo
discusses the problems within the judicial systems of Kosovo’s municipalities,
identified by BIRN’s year-long monitoring.
What are the findings of the one-year
monitoring of district and municipal courts in Prishtina, Peja, Mitrovica,
Ferizaj, Gjilan, Vushtrri and Skenderaj?
What are the implications of the
delays in attending a trial case? How can a prosecutor be stopped from
attending two trials at the same time? Are the judges’ offices a good enough
substitute for courtrooms?
What difficulties does the absence of a translator
in a trial pose? Does the fact that court staff do not use electronic devices,
and let their phones ring in trials indicate a lack of seriousness and
inefficiency in an official duty?
To discuss these finding and the
recommendations of BIRN’s report on judicial system in Kosovo, the debating
panel consists of representatives of judges, prosecutors, officials from the
Ministry of Justice and the Kosovo Judicial Council, as well as the monitors
who for a year monitored courts in Kosovo, beginning in March 2008.
They are:
Rexhep Haxhimusa, head of the Supreme Court of Kosovo;
Vahid Limani, head of the Administration and Personnel Department at KJC
Secretariat;
Ismet Kabashi, head of the Kosovo Prosecutors’ Association;
Hamdi Ibrahimi, Pristina District Court judge;
Nekibe Kelmendi, Minister of Justice;
Kujtim Kerveshi, legal expert from Kosovo Judicial Institute;
Fatmire Terdevci, project manager;
Isa Gacaferi, court monitor in Peja/Pec region;
Valdrin Beka, court monitor in Ferizaj/Urosevac region,
Fatmire Haliti, court monitor in Gjilan/Gnjilane region,
Faton Ademi court monitor in regions of Vushtrri and Skenderaj,
Betim Musliu, journalist covering justice,
Musa Dragusha, head of the Kosovo Chamber of lawyers.
Çlirim Hajdeni, head of the Planning and Development Unit, Investigations
Pillar of Kosovo Police.
Meanwhile in
the Culture in Kosovo report, Arif Muharremi speaks about the book fair
which opened in Prishtina on June 3, 2009.
Life in Kosovo is a co-production between Kosovo Public
Television, RTK and the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN.
It is broadcast every Thursday, starting at 20:20.
THE PROCESS OF JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS OF JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS
The report on the process of judicial appointments and reappointments analysis the flow of this process, specifically focusing on the bright and dark sides that have marred the process to its final stages.
COURT MONITORING ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2010 - FEBRUARY 2011
Court monitoring report is published as a result of a continuous monitoring of all municipal and districts courts of Kosovo. The findings of this report are based on the monitoring of 2,147 court hearings, by BIRN monitors.
THE PROCESS OF JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
This report presents the results of part of BIRN's court monitoring project, specifically on the process for the appointment and reappointment of judges and prosecutors.
Follow the Paper Trail
\"Follow the Paper Trail\", a guide to document-based journalism in Kosovo, explains relevant laws, access to public documents, how to publish safely, where to find databases on investigative journalism, and how to locate documents online through various search engines.
Courts Monitoring Report 2010
A detailed analytical report about the work and administration of the courts in Prishtina, Peja, Prizren, Gjilan, Mitrovica, Ferizaj, Gjakova, Decan, Vushtrri, Poduleva, Lipjan, Klina and Istog. The report contains important information, collected by the network of monitors, placed in the major municipalities of Kosovo and aims to identify the key problems and issues that the justice system in Kosovo is facing.
REPORT: Monitoring the Courts 2009
Monitoring the work and administration of courts in Prishtina, Peja, Mitrovica, Gjilan, Ferizaj, Vushtrri and Skenderaj.
DIRECTLY ELECTED MAYOR SYSTEM IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE
The report on Directly Elected mayor System in Local Governance aims to provide a critical overview of the rationale and feasibility of the implementation of a municipal governance system that places the mayor as the central executive figure, during the third year of its application. The efficiency of this system was assessed based on the following pillars: the relationship between local government bodies, accountability of the municipal executive, respect for the law, the link between the mayor and the citizens, provision of public services (water supply and waste management, capital investments (in school and road projects)), level of transparency, public consultation and citizen participation in decision-making.
BIRN Report on Monitoring the Education System
Report on monitoring the elementary and high schools in Prishtina: Mitrovica, Ferizaj, Peja and Gjilan
Analytical report of the situation and the problems in the University of Prishtina
Report on Kosovo`s Healthcare System
Monitoring report on all primary, secondary and tertiary (University Clinical Center of Kosovo, UCCK) healthcare institutions in Pristina, Prizren, Peja, Mitrovica, Gjilan, Ferizaj, Gjakova, Klina, Decan, Istog and Vushtrri.
Situation and the Problems at the University of Prishtina
Analytical report of research into the standards and problems at the University of Prishtina. Ten years since the end of the war in Kosovo, the University of Prishtina (UP) continues to suffer from a variety of problems, resulting in persistently low quality courses being offered. For this reason, BIRN conducted research into the problems faced by UP students. The data gathered suggests that, out of the many issues reported, the most significant are: the non-implementation of contemporary teaching and assessment methods, the lack of practical work for students, the lack of appropriate academic literature, arbitrary assessments by
professors and generally poor relationships between students and their professors.
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