In order to cultivate general legal skills, raise public awareness and to overcome the problems posed by lack of information, the KLC has undertaken the following projects:

Street Law Project

The KLC initiated the Street Law project in November 2001 with the aim of raising public awareness of the role of law, good governance and democracy amongst society's most vulnerable groups, particularly the community of women, prisoners, youth and minority groups.

The main objectives of the Street Law project are:

• To raise public awareness regarding the role of the state, to explain the principal aspects of the domestic legal system, human rights, good governance and democracy;

• To increase capacity-building amongst chosen groups of the population through the training programme;

• To bring together the various minority communities in order to improve the relationship between different groups of Kosovo society, and thus contribute to the peace-building process within Kosovo.

Contact person: aleksandra.dimitrijevic@klc.ipko.org

KLC Library

The KLC houses one of the most comprehensive legal libraries in Kosovo. The library serves as a focal point for collecting applicable laws, decrees, regulations, , jurisprudence, administrative acts and respective translations. It also offers a variety of international materials with particular focus on the region. The KLC's library is open to the public.

Contact person: adelina.sokoli@klc.ipko.org

Law Library Network

The Law Libraries Development project aims to provide a legal information service through offering online public access to a catalogue of books and periodicals available in Kosovo. The network can be accessed here.

Contact person: adelina.sokoli@klc.ipko.org

Publications

1. Kosovo Legal Studies

The KLC publishes its own law review journal: "Kosovo Legal Studies." The overall objective of this project is to develop and promote principles of democratic governance and rule of law through the means of open discussion. The first edition was published in 2001, and to date five volumes have been published (a sixth is currently in preparation).

KLC welcomes the contribution of domestic and international legal experts for future volumes. Please see our submission guidelines for more details.

2. Compilation of Applicable Laws

The KLC provides legal professionals with legal materials, known as "Compilations", which include collections of laws applicable in Kosovo. These compilations contain various legal acts in English, Albanian and Serbian language versions. The following compilations are available at KLC:

• Compilation I on Applicable Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure;
• Compilation II on Traffic Safety Law, Marriage and Family Law, Regular Courts and Public prosecutors offices law;
• Compilation III on Real Estate Law;
• Compilation IV on Applicable Administrative Law;
• Compilation V on Taxes in Kosovo;
• Compilation VI on Civil Procedure Law.

3. Compilation of Court Judgments

- Bulletin 2004 - 2005
-Bulletin July - Sepetember 2005

The "The Supreme Court of Kosovo-Bulletin of Case Law" is published periodically, and contains excerpts from and full text of selected Supreme Court judgments. The intention is to ensure transparency in the work of the Supreme Court, and to help foster the development of case law in Kosovo.

The compilation contains a collection of the most interesting verdicts and decisions of the Supreme Court of Kosovo on criminal, civil, commercial and administrative cases. The first volume contains cases between 1999 and 2002, and the second volume, covering 2002 to 2003, is now available.

Contact person: adelina.sokoli@klc.ipko.org

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