Press ReleaseHuman Rights Review Panel - 6th regular session Number 03-2011 The Human Rights Review Panel (Panel) held its 6th regular session in Prishtinë/Priština from 6 to 8 April 2011. There are currently sixteen (16) complaints pending with the Panel. The Panel declared one (1) of those complaints inadmissible. The Panel also found a human rights violation in one (1) complaint by EULEX in the performance of its executive mandate. The case concerned non-execution of a final decision in a property related complaint in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica. The violation was found with regard to Article 6 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) and of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention. The decisions have been transmitted to the complainants as well as the Head of Mission (HoM), EULEX Kosovo. They will be published on the Panel’s website upon translation into the Albanian and Serbian languages. In addition to examining complaints, the Panel continued with its ongoing information campaign in a meeting with the Municipal Human Rights Coordinators and Officers in Government Buildings, in group discussions on domestic violence in the case law of the European Court of Human Righst in the Human Rights Review Panel Building and with an outreach campaign meeting with students at the American University of Kosovo, Prishtinë/Priština. These events included presentations by the Panel on its mandate and activities. Further outreach campaign meetings are being conducted on a weekly basis throughout the municipalities in Kosovo. Mr. Andrew Sparkes, Deputy Head of Mission EULEX Kosovo paid a courtesy visit to the Panel on 8 April and was briefed on its mandate and activities. The Panel re-selected Mr. Antonio Balsamo as its presiding member for the second one-year term. The next Panel session takes place from 6 to 8 June 2011. Please see www.hrrp.eu for more information on the Panel. Notes to the editor;
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