Human Rights, Kosovo
HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNAL ASSESMENT
’’the human rights of serbs in kosovo’’
To what extend are the human rights violated to the Serb people in Kosovo?
Table of contents:
Introduction ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
War in Kosovo and Unitarian independence ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
Position of the Serb minority----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
Human rights perspective--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
Conclusion-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5
Bibliography------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6
Introduction
The main purpose of this essay is to give an answer to the question ‘’to what extend are the human rights of the Serbs violated in Kosovo? ’’. The essay will discuss violation of the human rights of the Serb minority in nowadays Kosovo. It will analyze aspects of the situation of the human rights granted by the Universal Declaration of Human rights. Also the background of the problem related to the research question will be provided. Sources used in this essay are the documentaries, reports of the different organizations and the books written about this very topic. Films are made by people who do not have any personal other relation which can in any way endanger objectivity of same.
War in Kosovo and Unitarian independence
Back in time of communist Yugoslavia, Kosovo had a status of the province inside Serbia.1 Dissolution of Yugoslavia was followed by wars in almost all federal units including Kosovo. Albanian majority demanded sovereignty and independent from Federal Republic of
’’the human rights of serbs in kosovo’’
To what extend are the human rights violated to the Serb people in Kosovo?
Table of contents:
Introduction ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
War in Kosovo and Unitarian independence ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
Position of the Serb minority----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
Human rights perspective--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4
Conclusion-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5
Bibliography------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6
Introduction
The main purpose of this essay is to give an answer to the question ‘’to what extend are the human rights of the Serbs violated in Kosovo? ’’. The essay will discuss violation of the human rights of the Serb minority in nowadays Kosovo. It will analyze aspects of the situation of the human rights granted by the Universal Declaration of Human rights. Also the background of the problem related to the research question will be provided. Sources used in this essay are the documentaries, reports of the different organizations and the books written about this very topic. Films are made by people who do not have any personal other relation which can in any way endanger objectivity of same.
War in Kosovo and Unitarian independence
Back in time of communist Yugoslavia, Kosovo had a status of the province inside Serbia.1 Dissolution of Yugoslavia was followed by wars in almost all federal units including Kosovo. Albanian majority demanded sovereignty and independent from Federal Republic of
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