Press ReleaseHuman Rights Review Panel - 9th regular sessionPress Release Human Rights Review Panel The Human Rights Review Panel (HRRP) held its 9th regular session in Prishtinë/Priština from 21 to 23 November 2011. It was noted that there were seventeen (17) complaints pending at the start of the session and the Panel adopted decisions in eleven (11) of those complaints. In addition, the Panel reviewed the implementation of its recommendations in two cases which it had communicated to the Head of Mission, EULEX, (HOM). The Panel noted that EULEX had undertaken certain measures to address the complainant’s situation within the framework of its executive mandate in the first case. In the second case, the Panel noted that the HOM had implemented the substance of the Panel’s recommendations. It declared that the HOM had exercised his functions as appropriate in both instances and decided to close the examination of the cases. The decisions adopted by the Panel will be transmitted to the complainants as well as the HoM and they will be published on the Panel’s website upon translation into the Albanian and Serbian languages. The Panel continued with its outreach campaign through meetings with representatives of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe , the Council of Europe, the European Commission Liason Office and the Danish Refugee Council. In addition, the Panel conducted a round table-discussion on legal aid with representatives of various organisations involved with legal aid in Kosovo. The objective of the discussion was to determine to whom the Panel might best direct people whose complaints fall outside its jurisdiction. The Panel has received of forty three (43) complaints since it commenced its operations in June 2010. The next Panel session will take place from 6 to 8 February, 2012. Please see www.hrrp.eu for further information on the Panel. Notes to the editor; |
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