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On
July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
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December 22, 2020, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
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Decision MB8-00025 – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses, in applying Article 1E of the Refugee Convention, whether members should consider allegations of risk in a country of residence if they conclude that a refugee claimant has the rights and obligations which are attached to the possession of nationality in that country.
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July 6, 2018, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
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Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 10, 2018.
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Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
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Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
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Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 20, 2017.
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29 March 2019
KOSOVO
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
July 2018
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
L'Encyclopédie en ligne. Serbie - Kosovo - Monténégro.
Accessed Date:
9 November 2016
Title:
Kosovo. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
15 November 2018
Accessed Date:
26 November 2018
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report: Kosovo Country Focus
Source:
European Asylum Support Office; France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
25 November 2016
Title:
Kosovo. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
20 August 2018
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Kosovo. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Serbia/Kosovo. World Report 2018: Events of 2017.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
1 May 2018
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Fundamentals First: Political Criteria and Rule of Law. Commission Staff Working Document: Kosovo 2018 Progress Report.
Code:
SWD(2018) 156 final
Source:
European Union. European Commission.
Date of Document:
17 April 2018
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Kosovo. Nations in Transit 2018.
Author:
Group for Legal and Political Studies
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Kosovo. Freedom in the World 2018.
Accessed Date:
26 November 2018
Title:
Serbia: Kosovo. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
26 November 2018
Title:
Ombudsperson Institution. Annual Report 2017.
Source:
Kosovo. Ombudsperson Institution.
Date of Document:
30 March 2018
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Memorandum following the Commissioner's mission to Kosovo from 5 to 9 February 2017
Source:
Council of Europe. Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
10 April 2017
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Article 14 and Article 155. Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo.
Accessed Date:
25 October 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Country Report on Citizenship Law: Kosovo
Source:
European University Institute. European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship.
Date of Document:
January 2015
Accessed Date:
29 September 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation; political activities
Title:
Law No. 04/L-215 of 2013 on Citizenship of Kosovo
Accessed Date:
28 October 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Albanian Citizenship Configurations in the Balkans
Source:
Central and Eastern European Migration Review
Date of Document:
13 January 2017
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Procedures and documents required to obtain a passport from within Kosovo and abroad; procedures required to replace a lost or stolen passport; information on the appearance of the passport; introduction of biometric passports; other passports in use by..
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 December 2011
Accessed Date:
25 October 2012
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Serbia and Kosovo: Whether an individual born in Kosovo when it was part of Serbia can obtain Serbian citizenship; documents required to access citizenship
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 February 2012
Accessed Date:
3 April 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; identity documents; internal displacement
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Electoral and Party System in Kosovo: A Perspective of Internal Party Democracy and Development
Source:
Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development; Centar za monitoring i istraživanje
Date of Document:
February 2016
Author:
Mentor Agani et al.
Accessed Date:
9 November 2016
Title:
Republic of Kosovo. Election For Kuvendi I Kosovës/Skupština Kosova (Kosovac Assembly) of 11 June 2017.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Kosovo.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Informality and Clientelism in Kosovo. Informal Power Networks, Political Patronage and Clientelism in Serbia and Kosovo.
Source:
SeConS Development Initiative Group
Accessed Date:
9 November 2016
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
19 June 2018
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Kosovo Mayoral And Municipal Assembly Elections 2017. Final Report.
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Date of Document:
12 February 2018
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Kosovo Legislative Elections 2017. Final Report.
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Date of Document:
9 February 2017
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Law No.03/L-182 on Protection Against Domestic Violence
Accessed Date:
3 April 2013
Keywords:
domestic violence; legislation
Title:
From Words to Action? Monitoring the Institutional Response toGender-Based Violence in Kosovo.
Source:
Kosovo Women's Network
Author:
Nicole Farnsworth et al.
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Mapping support services for victims of violence against women in Kosovo
Source:
Council of Europe
Date of Document:
10 June 2017
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Kosovo. WAVE Country Report 2017: The Situation of Women's Specialist Support Services in Europe.
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Sexual Harassment in Kosovo
Source:
Kosova Women's Network
Author:
Ariana Qosaj-Mustafa et al.
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Treatment of sexual minorities, including legislation, state protection and support services (2011-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 October 2015
Accessed Date:
27 October 2015
Keywords:
sexual minorities; social services
Title:
Kosovo. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
May 2018
Accessed Date:
28 November 2018
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Kosovo. Country Reports on Terrorism 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
September 2018
Accessed Date:
26 November 2018
Title:
Kosovo: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Blood feuds and availability of state protection (2010-September 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 October 2013
Accessed Date:
31 October 2013
Keywords:
crime; extralegal executions/killings; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces
Title:
Kosovo. 2018 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
26 February 2018
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
1 July 2016
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Corruption “Sea” in Kosovo: Catching small “fish”, while big fish go free (Annual monitoring report of corruption cases treatment in the justice system in Kosovo – 2016)
Source:
Kosovo Law Institute
Date of Document:
March 2017
Author:
Ehat Miftaraj; Betim Musliu
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Promising Early Years: The Transformative Role of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo
Source:
Analitika – Center for Social Research; Group for Legal and Political Studies
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Review of the Implementation of the New Criminal Procedure Code of Kosovo - June 2016
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe. OSCE Mission in Kosovo.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
10 November 2016
Title:
Kosovo Justice Sector Integrity Scan
Source:
Center for International Legal Cooperation
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Report to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on the visit to Kosovo carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 15 to 22 April 2015
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Date of Document:
8 September 2016
Accessed Date:
10 November 2016
Title:
Compact Progress Report: Assessing Progress Between July 2016 – June 2017
Source:
European Union. Rule of Law Mission to Kosovo.
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Kosovo Security Barometer
Source:
Kosovar Centre for Security Studies
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Assessment of Police Integrity in Kosovo
Source:
Kosovar Centre for Security Studies
Date of Document:
30 December 2016
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
How to obtain a police certificate - Kosovo
Source:
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Date of Document:
12 May 2015
Accessed Date:
22 November 2017
Title:
Kosovo Police: Annual Report 2017
Source:
Kosovo. Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Kosovo Security Barometer - Special Edition. Citizens' perceptions on Police Integrity in Kosovo.
Source:
Kosovar Centre for Security Studies
Date of Document:
September 2017
Accessed Date:
22 November 2017
Title:
The Kosovo Security Sector Observer
Source:
Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Kosovo. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
16 November 2016
Title:
Indicators for the level of media freedom and journalists' safety [Kosovo 2017]
Source:
Association of Journalists of Kosovo
Date of Document:
November 2017
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Enduring The Pressure: Kosovo Media Reporting On Organised Crime And Corruption
Source:
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network
Author:
Arben Qirezi et al.
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Kosovo. International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
Accessed Date:
13 November 2018
Title:
Adherents of the Wahhabi sect of Islam, including influence and areas of operation; recruitment practices (2012-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 November 2013
Accessed Date:
28 October 2014
Keywords:
extremist/terrorist organizations; Internet; religion; statistics
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
The Association, Community of Serb-majority Municipalities: Breaking the impasse
Source:
European Centre for Minority Issues Kosovo
Date of Document:
June 2016
Author:
Adrian Zeqiri et al.
Accessed Date:
10 November 2016
Title:
Empowering Non-Serb CSOs in Northern Kosovo. Report on the position of Non-Serb communities in Northern Kosovo.
Source:
European Centre for Minority Issues Kosovo
Date of Document:
September 2016
Author:
Enrique Gutierrez
Accessed Date:
25 November 2016
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Study on Rural Migration and Return Migration in Kosovo
Source:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Judith Möllers et al.
Accessed Date:
8 November 2017
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 November 2018:
Title:
Kosovo. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 April 2018
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2017&dlid=277181
Accessed Date:
23 April 2018
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