Report on Domestic Violence in North Kosovo: The Institutional and Legal Situation in the Region
Author: Caleb Waugh Publisher: Aktiv, Kosovo Date: January 2014 Volume: 16 pages, pdf Description There is, as of the date of publication of this report, no formal framework for cooperation between public institutions regarding cases of domestic violence in north Kosovo. That having been said, there does exist a degree of cooperation between the Kosovo Police (KP) and Center(s) for Social Work as well as local Health Centers (Dom Zdravlje.) The Kosovo Police (KP) is tasked with providing a first line of defense against domestic violence. In the north of Kosovo, despite the absence of a safe house for victims of domestic violence there are a number of institutions which handle domestic violence cases which include but are not necessarily limited to centre(s) for social work, hospitals and the Kosovo Police (KPS.)1 However, despite the existence of these institutions the legal and court structure is, for the most part, either weak or non-existent and the implementation of laws governing domestic violence is limited.