Kosovo still with challenges ahead to membership in Council of Europe

Kosovo still faces challenges in terms of membership in the Council of Europe. Human rights are respected but not on the standard of European countries, which are members of the EC.

That's how they value the ombudsman institution and the Council for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms.

Ombudsman Hilmi Jashari says about the Jews. Info that Kosovo's membership in the European Council is a challenge in itself.

We still have a challenge. As for the Council of Europe, Kosovo is not yet part of this mechanism, it is also not part of the justice system which actually includes the European Courts for Human Rights, but this flow as a consequence of ratification in the first order of the convention and of being a member of the Council of Europe, and for us it has been definitely a Kurdicep, because the citizens of the country of Kosovo are exempt from other Balkan countries, have been in the black line all the time of this process, because there is no way behind you to approach the European Court because it is perhaps the most sophisticated body in international relations with human rights and the definitely, he has said, the twelvex.

Jashar has said the support of the Parliament and the representatives of the people is needed in order to implement recommendations required for EC membership.
We as an ombudsman institution have this mandate but we also need greater support from the Parliament, the representatives of the people. In the past year, we have asked the country's prime minister to make a decision to create an inter-ministerial group and it has taken place fortunately, and we are hoping with the new Government the first realist meetings to have a continuous monitoring on the implementation of recommendations because we are the key institution, the constitutional institution that we deal with this work”, Jashar said.

While KMDLNJ chairman Behxhet Shala has said of honours.info that Kosovo as a country in transition facing many problems such as economic and social conditions cannot apply human rights to European standards.

Kosovo as a country of transition with a weak economy, with a security situation that is sensitive, and has a lot of trouble implementing human rights according to standards required by the European Union and the Council of Europe, but for Kosovo it is worth the minimum standards of respect for human rights, and Kosovo meets those standards, but for a state that cannot provide peace for its citizens, a country of quality health, education and other services, then it is a problem to boast in respect of human rights,<1> he said.

Shala says Kosovo has a good human rights legislation, but according to him it is a long road to membership.

He says the European Union is the one violating the rights of the citizens of the country by violating the right of movement to Kosovo citizens.

Kosovo cannot afford to meet those standards which the EU is asking for because it is only what violates a major right against Kosovo citizens, the right to free access”, he said.
He says Kosovo is not different from the countries of the region, but that according to him, it is not enough to match European Union countries.

“Kosovo does not differentiate much from the countries of the region, if it takes into account the parameters or standards for human rights, Kosovo does not stand any worse than Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania. But these are not enough to be correct or equal to EU states which have a much longer tradition, they have a powerful legislation that applies, they have economic prosperity that Kosovo cannot possibly achieve for 500 years”, Shala added.

Even the ambassador of Great Britain to Kosovo, Ruairi O'Connell, has said the process of membership in the Council of Europe requires much reform, especially in the field of law and human rights.

According to him, this is not just a matter of voting from member states.

“Membership in the Council of Europe would be important and useful for Kosovo. But the membership process is very technical and requires much reform, especially in the areas of rule of law and human rights. It's not just a matter of voting”, O'Connell said. /Born.info