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‘Kosovanizing’ the Ombudsperson: Implications for Kosovo and Peacekeeping
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- Waters, Christopher P.M. (Author)
Title
‘Kosovanizing’ the Ombudsperson: Implications for Kosovo and Peacekeeping
Abstract
In February 2006, the United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) ‘nationalized’ the Kosovo ombudsperson's institution. This entailed making the ombudsperson a Kosovar and removing oversight of UNMIK from his/her jurisdiction. Based on legal and political analysis, and fresh survey results on the views of Kosovars themselves, this article considers the prospects of the ombudsperson as a human rights accountability mechanism. It also considers the implications of the nationalization experience for peace operations generally, arguing that UNMIK has established a poor precedent in isolating itself from the ombudsperson's jurisdiction and in failing to put anything comparable in its place.
Publication
International Peacekeeping
Volume
15
Issue
5
Pages
648-662
Date
2008-11-01
ISSN
1353-3312
Short Title
‘Kosovanizing’ the Ombudsperson
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Library Catalog
Taylor and Francis+NEJM
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Publisher: Routledge
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/13533310802396186
Citation
Waters, C. P. M. (2008). ‘Kosovanizing’ the Ombudsperson: Implications for Kosovo and Peacekeeping. International Peacekeeping, 15(5), 648–662. https://doi.org/10.1080/13533310802396186
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