MORNING AFTER: LIFE WITHOUT SUPERVISION A critical review of progress against the Ahtisaari plan to settle Kosovo's status and some unresolved issues
Publisher: Group for Legal and Political Studies (GLPS), Kosovo Date: August 2012 Volume: 62 pages, pdf Description The aim of this report is to evaluate the International Civilian Office’s (ICO) success in overseeing the implementation of the Comprehensive Proposal for the Settlement of Kosovo’s status (CSP), and to point towards the many challenges that remain for the full and successful implementation of its provision. Thus, the purpose is to identify key agenda items that are crucial for Kosovo’s continued democratization and development, and to propose a number of mechanism and steps that could enable institutions in Kosovo, both domestic and international, successfully to complete the outstanding provision of the CSP (and corresponding ICO benchmarks) that remain to be implemented. As a prescription for progress to independence, the clear concern of the CSP is in: the rule of law; communities; developing the economy; and effective international and civilian presence. As the key element in the CSP, the ICR is authorized to: monitor the implementation of the CSP; be the authority on interpretation of the provision of the CSP; advise the International Steering Group (ISG) on the on-going and final completion of the CSP. Furthermore, the CSP indicates that, as he relates to monitoring and full implementation of the CSP, the International Civilian Representative (ICR) is responsible for exercising the overall coordinating role over activities of other international organizations in Kosovo.