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Law Centre publishes compilation of laws applicable in Kosovo
PRISTINA 21 November 2002
PRISTINA, 21 November 2002 - Due to the interest shown by local and international lawyers for the Kosovo Law Centre's (KLC) publication compiling the law applicable in Kosovo, the KLC has added to this series of compilations a third volume of Compilation IV on the applicable administrative law in Kosovo.
This compilation contains approximately 1,000 pages in three languages (Albanian, Serbo-Croat and English) and offers to users the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMiK) regulations and administrative directives that regulate economical, social, business and employment issues. Regulations and administrative directions included in this compilation are in chronological order as they were originally issued. This compilation also contains regulations that have been changed or integrated into other regulations.
Very soon, the Kosovo Law Centre will add to enlarge this compilation with Volume IV, which will contain the applicable law on general administrative procedures from 1986 as well as the law on administrative disputes from 1977, which are applicable in Kosovo according to Regulation 1999/24 on the Applicable Law in Kosovo.
Previous editions of compilations contain the following laws:
The KLC is a non-governmental organization which was established in June 2000 by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo as part of its institution-building mandate. The Centre serves as a legal think-tank devoted to the cultivation of professional legal skills by providing technical and material assistance to the legal community. The KLC's goal is to promote democratic principles, multiculturalism, high ethical standards, human rights, and the rule of law. The Centre has been working closely with the UNMiK Department of Education on reforming Kosovo's Law Faculty. It also runs various legal education projects (practical legal clinics, continuous legal education, street law, etc.) and is active in publishing and disseminating legal material and in legal research.
This compilation contains approximately 1,000 pages in three languages (Albanian, Serbo-Croat and English) and offers to users the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMiK) regulations and administrative directives that regulate economical, social, business and employment issues. Regulations and administrative directions included in this compilation are in chronological order as they were originally issued. This compilation also contains regulations that have been changed or integrated into other regulations.
Very soon, the Kosovo Law Centre will add to enlarge this compilation with Volume IV, which will contain the applicable law on general administrative procedures from 1986 as well as the law on administrative disputes from 1977, which are applicable in Kosovo according to Regulation 1999/24 on the Applicable Law in Kosovo.
Previous editions of compilations contain the following laws:
- Compilation I : Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law;
- Compilation II: Laws on Marriage and Family issues, Minor Offences, Regular Courts, Public Prosecutions Services and Traffic Safety;
- Compilation III: Laws on Real Estate;
- Compilation IV, volumes 1, 2: UNMiK regulations and administrative directives on establishing of institutional structures in Kosovo.
The KLC is a non-governmental organization which was established in June 2000 by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo as part of its institution-building mandate. The Centre serves as a legal think-tank devoted to the cultivation of professional legal skills by providing technical and material assistance to the legal community. The KLC's goal is to promote democratic principles, multiculturalism, high ethical standards, human rights, and the rule of law. The Centre has been working closely with the UNMiK Department of Education on reforming Kosovo's Law Faculty. It also runs various legal education projects (practical legal clinics, continuous legal education, street law, etc.) and is active in publishing and disseminating legal material and in legal research.