The conflicts in the former Yugoslavia were perhaps the first real test case of post-Cold War humanitarian intervention and state-building. One of the more notable efforts has been the attempted international prosecution of war crimes committed during the conflict. However a new report by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Kosovo’s War 
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OSCE report outlines failings of Kosovo’s war crimes trials
By: Jesse Hembruff | Friday, June 25th, 2010The military’s role in post-conflict law enforcement: DCAF report on Bosnia and Kosovo
By: Jesse Hembruff | Friday, May 28th, 2010Military support is necessary—but not sufficient—to win the fight against organized crime in post-conflict states, according to a recent report by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces. The report questions the role of the military in law enforcement and aims to fill an empirical knowledge gap in SSR by examining the
Kosovo justice system facing challenges large and small
By: Jessica Teeple | Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Weak leadership and poor political support threaten the advancement of the justice system in Kosovo, according to a recent report by the International Crisis Group. Monitoring and oversight committees such as the Kosovo Judicial Council and Police Inspectorate of Kosovo are not working properly. In the North of Kosovo there is no sense of criminal
BiH and Kosovo country profiles available for download
By: SSR Resource Centre | Monday, May 3rd, 2010Adding to the Resource Centre’s growing list of security sector reform country profiles, two new documents are now available for download. Bosnia-Herzegovina’s profile details the SSR process following the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement and the country’s more recent attempts to join NATO and the European Union. The profile for Kosovo provides a security sector snapshot
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