Situation of Human Rights in Kosovo

A/RES/50/190View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1996.

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?

11 subjects

Albanians Fact-Finding Missions Former Yugoslavia Situation Human Rights Human Rights Violations Humanitarian Assistance Kosovo (Serbia)Laws and Regulations Nationality Repatriation Yugoslavia

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

Strongly condemns the measures and practices of discrimination and the violations of the human rights of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo committed by the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro);

Condemns the large-scale repression by the police and military of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) against the defenceless ethnic Albanian population and the discrimination against the ethnic Albanians in the administrative and judiciary branches of government, education, health care and employment, aimed at forcing ethnic Albanians to leave;

Urgently demands that the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro):

Take all necessary measures to bring to an immediate end all human rights violations against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, including, in particular, the 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;

Release all political prisoners and cease the persecution of political leaders and members of local human rights organizations;

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

Abrogate the official settlement policy as far as it is conducive to the heightening of ethnic tensions in Kosovo;

Reopen the cultural and scientific institutions of the ethnic Albanians;

Pursue dialogue with the representatives of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, including under the auspices of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia;

Demands once again that the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) cooperate fully and immediately with the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia in the discharge of her functions, as requested by the Commission in its resolution 1994/76 and in other relevant resolutions;

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, especially of the most vulnerable groups affected by the conflict, and to assist in the voluntary return of displaced persons to their homes;

Urges the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to allow the immediate unconditional return of the long-term mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to Kosovo, called for in Security Council resolution 855 (1993);

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 49/204;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue 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 General Assembly at its fifty-first session;

Emphasizes the importance of laws and regulations concerning citizenship applied by the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) 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;

Calls upon the Special Rapporteur to continue to monitor closely the situation of human rights in Kosovo and to continue to pay due attention to this matter in her reporting;

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

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