Situation of Human Rights in Kosovo

A/RES/52/139View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1995–2000

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/54/183

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/183	Situation of human rights in Kosovo	1,832	23%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/164	Situation of human rights in Kosovo	2,275	18%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/139	Situation of human rights in Kosovo	762	61%Compare
1997	A/RES/51/111	Situation of human rights in Kosovo	786	35%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/190	Situation of human rights in Kosovo	1,262	75%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Albanians Displaced Persons Former Yugoslavia Situation Human Rights Human Rights Violations Humanitarian Assistance Judicial System Kosovo (Serbia)Nationality Political Prisoners Special Missions Yugoslavia

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Expresses its deep concern about all violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Kosovo, in particular the repression of the ethnic Albanian population and discrimination against it, as well as acts of violence in Kosovo;

Calls upon the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia:

To take all necessary measures to bring to an immediate end all human rights violations against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, including, in particular, discriminatory measures and practices, arbitrary searches and detention, the violation of the right to a fair trial and the practice of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and to revoke all discriminatory legislation, in particular that which has entered into force since 1989;

To release all political prisoners and to cease the persecution of political leaders and members of local human rights organizations;

To allow the return in safety and dignity of Albanian refugees from Kosovo to their homes;

To allow the establishment of genuine democratic institutions in Kosovo, including the parliament and the judiciary, and to respect the will of its inhabitants as the best means of preventing the escalation of the conflict there;

To allow the reopening of the educational, cultural and scientific institutions of the ethnic Albanians;

Urges the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to pursue constructive dialogue with the representatives of the ethnic Albanians of Kosovo;

Welcomes the visits to Kosovo of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and her relevant reports,5 and calls upon her to continue to monitor closely the human rights situation in Kosovo and to continue to pay due attention to that matter in her reporting;

Urges the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to allow the immediate unconditional return of the mission of long duration of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to Kosovo, as called for in Security Council resolution 855 (1993) of 9 August 1993;

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Kosovo,⁷ submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 51/111 of 12 December 1996, and requests him to continue his efforts to seek ways and means, including through consultations with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and relevant regional organizations, to establish an adequate international monitoring presence in Kosovo and to report thereon to the Assembly at its fifty-third session;

⁷A/52/502.

Encourages the Secretary-General to pursue his humanitarian efforts in the former Yugoslavia, in liaison with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund and other appropriate humanitarian organizations, with a view to taking urgent practical steps to tackle the critical needs of the people in Kosovo, and to assist in the voluntary return of displaced persons to their homes in conditions of safety and dignity;

Emphasizes the importance of laws and regulations concerning citizenship applied by the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia being in accordance with the standards and principles of non-discrimination, equal protection before the law and the reduction and avoidance of statelessness, as set out in the relevant international human rights instruments;

Also emphasizes that improvements in the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Kosovo will assist the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to establish the full range of relations with the international community;

Decides to continue the examination of the situation of human rights in Kosovo at its fifty-third session under the item entitled "Human rights questions".

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