Anti-discrimination Legislation, IDPs and International Standards for the Protection Against Discrimination in the Post-Conflict Kosovo*

Matijević, Milica V. (2013) Anti-discrimination Legislation, IDPs and International Standards for the Protection Against Discrimination in the Post-Conflict Kosovo*. In: Globalizacija i desuverenizacija. Srpsko sociološko društvo; Filozofski fakultet Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica, pp. 513-521. ISBN 978-86-6349-018-5

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Abstract

In 2004 the comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Law, modelled after the EU equality directives, entered into force in Kosovo. The Law was part of a wider agenda, pursued by UNMIK, which relied on the transposition of international and regional human rights standards into the domestic legal system as one of the peacebuilding methods. The author investigated to what extent the transposed equality provisions were fine-tuned to the post-conflict reality of Kosovo. The inquiry, which was conducted by analysing the new Anti-Discrimination Law with regards the special needs of internally displaced persons, lead to the conclusion that its provisions did not reflect the specific features of Kosovo. This was a consequence of the fact that, while pursuing this legislative project, UNMIK used a „one-size-fits-all” blueprint rather than being guided by the goal of effectively addressing discrimination.

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