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Ombudsperson of Kosovo takes office
PRISTINA 17 August 2000
PRISTINA, 17 August 2000 - The Ombudsperson for Kosovo, Mr. Marek Antoni Nowicki, who was appointed on 12 July by the Special Representative of the Secretary General, is paying his first working visit to Kosovo between 14 and 21 August, 2000. His schedule includes meetings with UNMIK, KFOR and OSCE officials, as well as concrete preparatory measures for the opening of his Office.
Mr. Nowicki, 47, is a Polish lawyer with a long record of human rights activism and writing. He co-founded the Helsinki Watch Committee in Poland during martial law and has served as president of the Executive Committee of the International Helsinki Federation of Human Rights in Vienna. He is a member of several other international human rights organizations. And as a special rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, he has reported on the human rights situation in Moldova and Azerbaijan.
In Kosovo, the Ombudsperson's job will be to investigate and mediate complaints from individuals, groups and organizations about possible abuses of power by international and local authorities.
Although prepared and backed by the OSCE, the Ombudsperson will be an independent institution at the service of citizens and interest groups to seek redress from abuses of authority by the Interim Civil Administration or any central or local institution.
Mr. Nowicki will hold a press conference during which he will introduce himself and will make a presentation of his plans regarding his office.
All media are kindly invited to attend
Date: 21 August, 2000
Time: 10:30 hrs.
Venue: Government Building Auditorium
For information, contact Roland Bless, Spokesperson, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Tel: (+381-38) 500-162 or sat phone: 871-762-009-948 ext. 260 / mobile: (+389-70) 250-576 / email: press@omik.org; website: /kosovo
Mr. Nowicki, 47, is a Polish lawyer with a long record of human rights activism and writing. He co-founded the Helsinki Watch Committee in Poland during martial law and has served as president of the Executive Committee of the International Helsinki Federation of Human Rights in Vienna. He is a member of several other international human rights organizations. And as a special rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, he has reported on the human rights situation in Moldova and Azerbaijan.
In Kosovo, the Ombudsperson's job will be to investigate and mediate complaints from individuals, groups and organizations about possible abuses of power by international and local authorities.
Although prepared and backed by the OSCE, the Ombudsperson will be an independent institution at the service of citizens and interest groups to seek redress from abuses of authority by the Interim Civil Administration or any central or local institution.
Mr. Nowicki will hold a press conference during which he will introduce himself and will make a presentation of his plans regarding his office.
All media are kindly invited to attend
Date: 21 August, 2000
Time: 10:30 hrs.
Venue: Government Building Auditorium
For information, contact Roland Bless, Spokesperson, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Tel: (+381-38) 500-162 or sat phone: 871-762-009-948 ext. 260 / mobile: (+389-70) 250-576 / email: press@omik.org; website: /kosovo