PRESS RELEASE - Civil Society Organizations and Media Civil society organizations and the media strongly condemn the recent attacks on Serbian and Albanian media outlets during their reporting in the north of Kosovo. Attacks on journalists represent a serious threat to media freedom and the democratic...
National Convention on the European UnionWorking Group for Chapter 35 Deeply concerned about the events in the north of Kosovo, we herewith invite the representatives of Belgrade and Pristina to urgently take the necessary measures to calm the situation and return to the dialogue process. To...
Statement: The case of Klan Kosova As member organizations of the Human Rights Network (HRN), we are extremely concerned by the recent decision of the Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade (MINT), respectively the Business Registration Agency of Kosovo (BRAK), to suspend the business certificate of...
Appeal for Peace Deeply concerned about the repressive and aggressive measures taken by the Government of Kosovo and the behavior of special police forces in the north of Kosovo that has the potential to escalate to unfathomable consequences for citizens’ peace and security, and to destroy...
On May 15th, 2023, Kosovo’s Ministry of Justice published a draft of the Strategy for Transitional Justice on the public consultation platform konsultimet.rks. New Social Initiative (NSI) participated in the consultation process related to this document, among other things, by organizing public discussions with members of...
PRESS RELEASE National Convention on the EU: We strongly condemn the attack on the professor of the Faculty of Political Sciences The National Convention on the European Union and the Working Group for Chapter 35 strongly condemn the targeting, calls for lynching and endangering the freedom of...
Joint appeal by members of civil society organizations to leaders from Kosovo and Serbia on their upcoming meeting on March 18, on the proposed agreement by the European Union (EU)for normalizations of relations We, the undersigned members of the civil society, through this joint letter appeal...
Moving from agreement(s) to peace The so-called status quo is taking communities on a collision course, deepening divides and entrenching misery. People don’t know where they stand, nor what they can expect for their societies. The only predictability is frustration and disappointment. The narrative of coercive diplomacy...
Women’s voices for peace in Serbia and Kosovo To mark International Women’s Day, this 8th March, we the undersigned call for more women’s voices to be involved in the process of normalising relations between Kosovo and Serbia. UN Security Council Resolution 1325 specifically acknowledges the vital role that...
Press Release regarding the decisions of the Government of Kosovo on the expropriation of land in the north of Kosovo On behalf of the undersigned civil society organizations, we take this opportunity to express great concern and protest over the decisions of the Government of Kosovo...