OSCE Mission in Kosovo in pictures

Wolff-Michael Mors, Acting Director of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo's Department for Human Rights and Communities, talks to the media about the findings of a Mission report on detention in criminal proceedings, 15 March 2010. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Behxhet Binaku (m), manager of the Handikos office in Prishtine/Pristina, speaks about the importance of the new Handikos office within the municipal building of Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje, 4 February 2010. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Agim Jashari, co-ordinator of the Handikos office in the municipality of Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje, working on a computer donated by the OSCE Mission to the new Handikos office within the municipal building, Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje, 4 February 2010. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, briefs a group of students from Johns Hopkins University during a visit to Mission headquarters in Kosovo, Prishtine/Pristina, 21 January 2010. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, receives a group of students from Johns Hopkins University during a visit to Mission headquarters in Kosovo, Prishtine/Pristina, 21 January 2010. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

A pile of files stored in the hall of Decan/Decane Municipality Assembly will be filed thanks to the OSCE support programme to establish a comprehensive municipal archive, Decan/Decane, 22 December 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Musa Berisha (l), the outgoing president of the Decan/Decane Municipality, and Jusuf Osmani (r), Chief Executive of the Kosovo Archive Agency, at the inauguration of the new municipal archive supported by the OSCE Mission, Decan/Decane, 22 December 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Ambasador Werner Almhofer shaking hands with the Chief of the Independent Oversight Board (IOB) Mehdi Geci, at the launch of the Mission in Kosovo's campaign in support of the IOB, Prishtine/Pristina, 14 December 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Bahri Hyseni, Head of Kosovo's Assembly Committee for Legislation and Judicial Affairs, gives his view at the launch of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo's campaign in support of the Independent Oversight Board, Prishtine/Pristina, 14 December 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo Ambasador Werner Almhofer explains to the media the Mission's campaign to support the Independent Oversight Board, Prishtine/Pristina, 14 December 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

A band performs at a "Rock to break the silence 2! Report human trafficking!" concert to promote Kosovo's anti-trafficking helpline, Prishtine/Pristina, 10 December 2009. (OSCE/Besfort Oruci)

A band performs at a "Rock to break the silence 2! Report human trafficking!" concert to promote Kosovo's anti-trafficking helpline, Prishtine/Pristina, 10 December 2009. (OSCE/Besfort Oruci)

A band performs at a "Rock to break the silence 2! Report human trafficking!" concert to promote Kosovo's anti-trafficking helpline, Prishtine/Pristina, 10 December 2009. (OSCE/Besfort Oruci)

A band performs at a "Rock to break the silence 2! Report human trafficking!" concert to promote Kosovo's anti-trafficking helpline, Prishtine/Pristina, 10 December 2009. (OSCE/Besfort Oruci)

Vesa Luma, Kosovo rock star (l) and Caroline Stampfer, Chief of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo's Anti-trafficking Unit, promote Kosovo's anti-trafficking helpline at the "Rock to break the silence 2!" press conference, Prishtine/Pristina, 10 December 2009. (OSCE/Besfort Oruci)

A band performs at a "Rock to break the silence 2! Report human trafficking!" concert to promote Kosovo's anti-trafficking helpline, Prishtine/Pristina, 10 December 2009. (OSCE/Besfort Oruci)

A band performs at a "Rock to break the silence 2! Report human trafficking!" concert to promote Kosovo's anti-trafficking helpline, Prishtine/Pristina, 10 December 2009. (OSCE/Besfort Oruci)

The compere opens a concert in Prizen as part of the information campaign "Rock to break the silence 2! Report human trafficking!" supported by the OSCE Mission to promote Kosovo's anti-trafficking helpline, 4 December 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

A band performs at a "Rock to break the silence 2! Report human trafficking!" concert to promote Kosovo's anti-trafficking helpline, in Prizren, 4 December 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

A band performs at the "Rock to break the silence 2! Report human trafficking!" concert to promote Kosovo's anti-trafficking helpline, Mitrovice/Mitrovica, 5 December 2009. (OSCE/Nikola Gaon)

Dafina Hadri, OSCE National Legal Adviser on Women and Children, talks to Ganimete Kitmiri, advisor at the Kosovo Ministry of Justice, at the launch of the Mission's anti-trafficking campaign in Prizren, 4 December 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Dafina Hadri, the Mission in Kosovo's National Legal Adviser on Women and Children, explains the Mission's involvement to the media at the launch of an anti-trafficking campaign in Prizren, 4 December 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Werner Almhofer, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (l), and Sadri Ferati, Minister of Local Government Administration, present the Mission's report on participation of non-majority communities in municipal structures to media, Pristina, 3 December 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Journalists Majlinda Aliu from RTK (l), and Drita Miftari from Radio Kosova at a press conference on the Mission in Kosovo's assessment report on the participation of non-majority communities in the municipal structures, Pristina, 3 December 2009 (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Wolff-Michael Mors, Acting Director of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo's Department of Human Rights and Communities, presents the assessment report on the participation of non-majority communities in municipal structures to media, Pristina, 3 December 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Kosovo journalists look at a leaflet on combating trafficking in human beings at a press conference on the launch of the Mission-sponsored anti-trafficking campaign, Prishtine/Pristina, 26 November 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Fatmir Xhelili, Kosovo's Deputy Minister of the Interior and Ambassador Werner Almhofer, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, at a press conference on the launch of the Mission-supported anti-trafficking campaign, Prishtine/Pristina, 26 November 2009 (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Fatmir Xhelili, Deputy Minister of the Interior and Kosovo's Anti-trafficking Coordinator at a Mission press conference on the launch of the anti-trafficking campaign, Prishtine/Pristina, 26 November 2009 (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

A lanyard and ID cards with the slogan 'Rock to break the silence' in Albanian and Serbian are part of the OSCE-sponsored anti-trafficking campaign that started on 26 November and will last until 10 December 2009, the International Day of Human Rights. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Fatmir Celina, a lawyer from Prizren, at an OSCE-organized press conference on domestic violence, Prishtine/Pristina, 25 November 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Harold Dampier, Chief of the OSCE Mission's legal system monitoring section, explains to the media the Mission's work on the issue of domestic violence, Prishtine/Pristina, 25 November 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Harold Dampier, Chief of the Mission's legal system monitoring section, and Makifete Saliuka, civil judge at the municipal court of Prishtine/Pristina, at an OSCE press conference on domestic violence, Prishtine/Pristina, 25 November 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Remzije Brovina, a judge at the municipal court in Prishtine/Pristina, talks about women's equal right to property and inheritance during a workshop organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, 30 October 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Leonora Selmani of the Kosovo Agency for Gender Equality speaks about women's equal right to property and inheritance at a workshop organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Prishtine/Pristina, 30 October 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Sadete Ternava-Osmani, OSCE Senior Program Assistant, encourages women participants to fight for women's equal right to property and inheritance during a workshop in Prishtine/Pristina, 30 October 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Artur Marku from the NGO Terre des Hommes talks to the media at the launch of an OSCE-sponsored campaign to combat child begging, Prishtine/Pristina, 9 October 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

A panel consisting of representatives from the OSCE, Kosovo police, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and Terre des Hommes talk to the media at the launch of an OSCE-sponsored campaign to combat child begging, Prishtine/Pristina, 9 October 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

A student poses a question during the visit of a group from various universities in Germany to the headquarters of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Prishtine/Pristina, 2 October 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

A family photo of students from various universities in Germany with Senior Public Affairs Officer Nikola Gaon (6th left), during a visit to the headquarters of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Prishtine/Pristina, 2 October 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Nikola Gaon, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo's Senior Public Affairs Officer, explains the Mission's role to students from various universities in Germany during their visit to headquarters, Prishtine/Pristina, 2 OCtober 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Isa Mustafa, Mayor of Prishtine/Pristina municipality (r) and Bo-Ewert Linne, Director of the OSCE Regional Office in Prishtine/Pristina, brief journalists on the launch of a garbage awarenesss campaign supported by the Mission, 30 September 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

A journalist from the Kosovo media looks at a printout of a poster during the launch of a garbage awareness campaign organized by Prishtine/Pristina municipality supported by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Prishtine/Pristina, 30 September 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Bo-Ewert Linne, Director of the OSCE Regional Office in Prishtine/Pristina, welcomes journalists to the launch of a garbage awareness campaign organized by Prishtine/Pristina municipality and supported by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, 30 September 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Harold Dampier, chief of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo's Legal System Monitoring Section, at a roundtable on a Mission report identifying problems as a result of the insufficient number of judges in Kosovo's courts, 24 September 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Sami Kurteshi, Kosovo's first local Ombudsperson (r), listens to the concerns of a local Serb after a press conference organized by his institution and the OSCE Mission in Kosovo at the media centre in Gracanica/Gracanice, 8 September 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Christopher Decker, Director of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo's Human Rights and Communities Department, answers questions at a joint press conference with the Kosovo's Ombudsperson Institution at the media centre in Gracanica/Gracanice, 8 September 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Christopher Decker, Director of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo's Human Rights and Communities Department (r), and Sami Kurteshi, Kosovo's first local Ombudsperson, during a joint press conference at the media centre in Gracanica/Gracanice, 8 September 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Christopher Decker, Director of the Kosovo Mission's Human Rights and Communities Department, speaks at a press conference in Prishtine/Pristina on a new OSCE report on fraudulent property transactions in the Peje/Pec region, 3 September 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Kosovo police officers examine teaching materials at a handover ceremony for equipment donated by the German Embassy to the Security and Public Safety Agency in Kosovo, Vushtrri/Vucitrn, 20 July 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Fatmir Xhelili, Kosovo's Deputy Minister of the Interior, at a handover ceremony for equipment donated by the German Embassy to the Security and Public Safety Agency in Kosovo, Vushtrri/Vucitrn, 20 July 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Ambassador Werner Almhofer at a handover ceremony for equipment donated by the German Embassy to the Security and Public Safety Agency in Kosovo, Vushtrri/Vucitrn, 20 July 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

The Czech Republic's Ambassador Janina Hrebickova (l) and Chief of the Mission in Kosovo's Public Safety Section, Heinz Schneider, discuss the handover of a newly-equipped crime scene simulation room to the authorities, Vushtrri/Vucitrn, 17 June 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

A Kosovo police service officer explains the importance of the newly equipped crime scene simulation room for the work of the police at the ceremony in which it was handed over to the Kosovo authorities, Vushtrri/Vucitrn, 17 June 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Mimoza Ibrani, Director of the Academic Development Office at the University of Prishtina explains the Mission-supported process of quality assurance in teaching practices in a seminar held at the University, Prishtine/Prstina, 17 December 2008. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Olgica Subotic (r), a resident of the Vocar settlement, Kosovo, 18 June 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Olgica Subotic (r) explains to OSCE Mission in Kosovo Senior Public Affairs Officer Nikola Gaon (l) the dire living conditions at the Vocar settlement in Gracanice/Gracanica, Kosovo, 18 June 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Olgica Subotic (l), explains to OSCE Mission in Kosovo Senior Public Affairs Officer Nikola Gaon (r) how she ended up as a resident of the Vocar settlement after the March 2004 riots in Kosovo, 18 June 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Olgica Subotic, a resident of the Vocar settlement in Gracanice/Gracanica, Kosovo, 18 June 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

The Mayor of Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality, Qemajl Mustafa (r), and the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Werner Almhofer, at a photo exhibition organized by the Human Rights Club in Gjilan/Gnjilane and supported by the Mission, 27 April 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Journalist Drita Miftari from Radio Kosova asks a question at a press conference on the OSCE Mission's report on non-majority communities in the Kosovo education system, Prishtine/Pristina, 29 April 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Deputy Director of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo's Human Rights and Communities Department, Michael Mors, at a press conference on the Mission's report on non-majority communities in the Kosovo education system, Prishtine/Pristina, 29 April 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

A member of the Human Rights Club from Gjilan/Gnjilane (l) distributes human rights booklets to visitors at a photo exhibition organized by the Club and supported by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Gjilan/Gnjilane, 27 April 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

The Mayor of Gjilan/Gnjilane Municipality, Qemajl Mustafa (r), talks to members of the Human Rights Club from Gjilan/Gnjilane at a photo exhibition supported by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, 27 April 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

A photo exhibition organized by members of the Human Rights Club from Gjilan/Gnjilane and supported by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Gjilan/Gnjilane, 27 April 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Salih Elshani (r), from the Suharekë/Suva Reka municipality, talks to students at Jeta Re secondary school involved on cleaning activities on the Earth Day celebration organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Suharekë/Suva Reka, 22 April 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Refki Gegaj, Director of the Department of Special Planning and Environment, Suharekë/Suva Reka municipality, awards an art prize to a student of Jeta Re secondary school, as part of OSCE Mission's activities to mark Earth Day, 22 April 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

On International Roma Day, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo supported a study visit of Roma school children from Prishtinë/Pristina region to the ancient castle of Harilac/Halaq in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje, 7 April 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

OSCE Mission in Kosovo Legal Adviser, Emily Patterson, answers a journalist's question at a press conference to announce the release of a report on disputes over immovable property rights, Prishtine/Pristina, 6 April 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Christopher Decker, Director of the Mission in Kosovo's Human Rights and Communities Department, speaks at a press conference announcing the release of a report on disputes over immovable property rights in Kosovo, Prishtine/Pristina, 6 April 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

The Kosovo Police Service and Fire Rescue Service simulate a traffic accident after the handover of OSCE-donated first aid bags to the Fire and Rescue Station in Vushtrri/Vucitrn, 9 March 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Ambassador Werner Almhofer (l), Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, hands over OSCE-donated first aid bags to Haki Dragusha, from the Ambulance Services in Prishtine/Pristina, 9 March 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Ambassador Werner Almhofer (r), Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Heinz Schneider, Chief of the Mission's Public Safety Development Section (c), talk to Sheremet Ahmeti, Director of the Kosovo Police Service, Vushtrri/Vucitrn, 9 March 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Bardhyl Jashari, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, at the handover ceremony of OSCE-donated first aid bags to the Fire and Rescue Station in Vushtrri/Vucitrn, 9 March 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Ambassador Werner Almhofer took office as the Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo on 1 October 2008. Prior to coming to Kosovo he was Austrian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina for three and a half years. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Ambassador Werner Almhofer took office as the Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo on 1 October 2008. Prior to coming to Kosovo he was Austrian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina for three and a half years. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Ambassador Werner Almhofer took office as the Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo on 1 October 2008. Prior to coming to Kosovo he was Austrian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina for three and a half years. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Ambassador Werner Almhofer, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, gives his first interview to local multi-ethnic TV station Herc, after meeting the political leaders of Strpce/Shterpce municipality, 5 March 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Ambassador Werner Almhofer (r), Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, meets Radojca Mrdjinac, President of the Strpce/Shterpce muncipal assembly, during his first visit to the region, 5 March 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Ambassador Werner Almhofer (r), Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, meets Stanko Jakovlevic (first left), Mayor of Strpce/Shterpce municipality, during a visit to the region, Strpce/Shterpce, 5 March 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Chiara Lorenzini of the OSCE municipal team for Prishtine/Prstina, briefs the Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Bjorn von Sydow, on the security situation in the Serb enclave Gracanica, Prishtine/Prstina, 3 February 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Predrag Rasic of the OSCE municipal team for Prishtine/Prstina briefs the Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Bjorn von Sydow, on the general situation in the Serb enclave Gracanica, Prishtine/Prstina, 3 February 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

Ida Manton (l) and Chiara Lorenzini (c) of the OSCE municipal team for Prishtine/Prstina, speak to the city's Mayor, Isa Mustafa, at the inauguration of the Mission in Kosovo-supported municipal legal libraries, Prishtine/Prstina, 27 January 2009. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)

OSCE Democratization Officer Vardon Hoxha facilitates a public discussion on Internal Security Sector Review, a programme aimed at assessing the short and long term development needs of Kosovo's security sector, Lipjan/Lipljan, 1 March 2006. (OSCE/Dillon Case)

Pristina University students have their identification verified before voting for student and faculty council representatives, 8 March 2006. The OSCE-supported elections will clear the way for the appointment of a new school Rector. (OSCE/Dillon Case)