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Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities in Kosovo: Community Need or Serbian Leadership Interest?
No full textThe Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, mediated by the EU, has not achieved its ultimate goal of normalizing relations between the two states, even after more than a decade of negotiations. Despite encountering significant challenges, a legally binding final agreement between the parties still appears to be distant. In the current phase of the dialogue, the main obstacle to further progress toward normalization seems to be the Association of Municipalities with a Serbian majority.
While the dialogue is deemed essential for Kosovo and its inhabitants, including the Serbian community, Serbia\u27s political leadership consistently deploys it as a tool to further their domestic and foreign policy agendas, often neglecting the genuine needs of the Serbian community in Kosovo. This paper centers on testing this hypothesis through an analysis of the constitutional status of minority communities in Kosovo, with a specific focus on the Serbs. It examines their participation in central and local government and delves into the reasons both in favor of and against the establishment of a sui generis association with monotonic features.
Furthermore, the study examines international practices related to the collective organization of minority communities to safeguard their identity, culture, language, and religion. It aims to draw insights from successful global models to propose politically and constitutionally viable solutions.
The paper concludes by presenting findings and insights that aspire to contribute to state policy within a scholarly context, addressing fundamental concepts such as freedom and human rights, collective rights, and the self-government of minorities
The State of Emergency in the Constitutional Law of Kosovo
No full textThe pandemic caused by COVID 19, in addition to the casulties on people and damges on national and family economies, managed to seriously challenge democracies in general, and new ones in particular. Moreover, the need for the application of emergency measures or emergency power, put to the test even the states with glorious history in the rule of law. In this context there were great dilemmas and delays in the necessary response to emergency measures, especially in the most fragile democracies. Kosovo, as one of them, from the beginning of the news about the pandemic was faced with the dilemma: whether to apply the state of emergency, or the situation to cope with emergency measures of existing legislation. The dilemmas were due to the deep mistrust between the Prime Minister and the President, as well as due to the lack of knowledge about the constitutional government during the state of emergency, respectively about the constitutional power in case of emergencies. In this paper we will try to analyze this kind of power in our constitutional law, giving answers to the questions: what is the state of emergency and what are the events that can create it; what are the models of legal regulation of this state; what is the model that has been legitimized by our constitution and what are the shortcomings that may result in emergencies and which democratic principles and human rights may be affected and which are not. The treatment of the topic will be based on the comparative approach, as far as we can find similarities in the constitutions and theories of other states. We will also approach the topic in both doctrinal and normative terms
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Minority Veto Rights in Kosovo’s Democracy
Get PDFKosovo political system belongs to the power sharing democracies. Indeed, it has all characteristics of Consociational Democracy. In addition to that, minority veto rights is absolute one and goes above aims of this type of democracy. As it is designed in current Constitutional arrangements, even a single word of Constitution can’t be changed without minorities vote. This is different from other Consociationl Democracies, where minorities are entitled with selected veto power only regarding their vital interests, but they can’t block constitutional decision-making. Since Kosovo is among the youngest countries worldwide, this constitutional provision can be heavy obstacle even in state building efforts of majority. Therefore ,in this article we will try to explain in depth this constitutional arrangement versus principles of sharing power systems and versus similar democracies in the region and above. The doctrinal constitutional interpretation and comparative methods are going to be main pillars of the research methodology
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
The President's Role on National Security Policies - the Case of Kosovo
Get PDFThe institution of the President in the Republic of Kosovo represents a new political and constitutional institution, as is the Republic itself. As such, he is still untested against constitutional responsibilities with which he is charged by the country's constitutions. Moreover, the President has not yet been tested on the security crisis management, as in reality he still cannot exercise all of his powers as Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, as these competencies for now are being exercised by the political and military structures of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO). However, in a constitutional and legal sense, the President of Kosovo enjoys all the powers for the realization of his constitutional role as a "representative of the unity of the people and guarantor of the democratic functioning of the institutions of the country'' and also as Commander of the Armed Forces with executive powers. Once the competences of the President in the authority of foreign policy are added then he appears to be one of the most powerful presidents, as compared with the presidents of parliamentary republics. It is exactly the powers of the President on national security issues that will be the topic of treatment in this paper, through an analysis not only the issues that are completely of the defense and security character, but also authorities dealing with other issues that can be used on behalf or in the name of national security
Ustavna arhitektura sustava provjera i ravnoteža u upravljanju sigurnosnim sektorom Kosova
No full textThis article critically examines the constitutional definition of the security sector in Kosovo, highlighting it as a paradigmatic example of liberal democracy. It focuses on the essential principles of separation, control, and balance of powers within the security apparatus. The article argues that security, whether national or public, is a primary state duty enforced through law enforcement and the legitimate use of force. It underscores the risks of power exploitation by influential interest groups in the absence of proper constitutional regulation, especially in post-conflict societies. The integration of violence mechanisms into a legitimate defence system, as prescribed by the constitution, is imperative for upholding the core mandate of safeguarding the state and ensuring comprehensive human security. The article stresses that mere compliance with constitutional norms is insufficient; effective regulation must prevent any single branch from consolidating power. It examines Kosovo's extensive constitutional oversight of its security sector, detailing the delineation of power-sharing between the executive and legislative branches and within the executive itself to prevent monopolisation of control, thus fostering accountability and transparency in security operations.
Kosovo; security sector: constitutional definition; the balance of powers; legitimate use of force; legislative oversight; accountabilityU članku se kritički ispituje ustavna definicija sigurnosnog sektora na Kosovu te se kao paradigmatski primjer navodi liberalna demokracija. Fokus je na osnovnim principima odvajanja, kontrole i ravnoteže vlasti u sigurnosnom aparatu. Tvrdi se da je sigurnost, nacionalna ili javna, primarna dužnost države koja se provodi primjenom zakona i legitimnom upotrebom sile. Istaknut je rizik od nastanka situacije u kojoj utjecajne interesne skupine iskorištavaju moć u nedostatku odgovarajuće ustavne regulative, posebno u postkonfliktnim društvima. Integracija mehanizama nasilja u legitiman obrambeni sustav, kako to propisuje ustav, ključna je za očuvanje osnovnog mandata zaštite države i osiguranje sveobuhvatne sigurnosti ljudi. U članku se ističe da samo poštovanje ustavnih normi nije dovoljno; učinkovitom regulacijom mora se spriječiti konsolidacija moći bilo koje grane vlasti. Istražena je opsežna ustavna nadzorna ulogu Kosova nad sigurnosnim sektorom, uz detaljan opis podjele moći između izvršne i zakonodavne vlasti, kao i u samoj izvršnoj vlasti kako bi se spriječila monopolizacija kontrole, čime se potiču odgovornost i transparentnost u sigurnosnim operacijama
Guarding the Future: A Closer Look at Kosovo\u27s Constitutional Security Sector Arrangements
No full textThis article critically examines the constitutional definition of the security sector in Kosovo, highlighting it as a paradigmatic example of liberal democracy. It focuses on the essential principles of separation, control, and balance of powers within the security apparatus. The article argues that security, whether national or public, is a primary state duty enforced through law enforcement and legitimate use of force. It underscores the risks of power exploitation by influential interest groups in the absence of proper constitutional regulation, especially in post-conflict societies. The integration of violence mechanisms into a legitimate defence system as prescribed by the constitution is imperative for upholding the core mandate of safeguarding the state and ensuring comprehensive human security. The article stresses that mere compliance with constitutional norms is insufficient; effective regulation must prevent any single branch from consolidating power. It examines Kosovo\u27s extensive constitutional oversight of its security sector, detailing the delineation of power-sharing between the executive and legislative branches and within the executive itself to prevent monopolization of control, thus fostering accountability and transparency in security operations
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