Failure to Protect: Anti-Minority Violence in Kosovo, March 2004

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Failure to Protect:
Anti-Minority Violence in Kosovo, March 2004

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SUMMARY

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INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND: KOSOVO’S UNRESOLVED STATUS AND THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN KOSOVO

The Establishment and Role of KFOR

The Establishment and Role of UNMIK

The Kosovo Police Service

THE SPARKS THAT CAUSED A FIRE

The Shooting of Jovica Ivic in Caglavica

The Role of the “War Associations”

The Drowning of Three Boys in the Ibar River

FAILURE TO PROTECT: UNMIK AND KFOR’S INABILITY TO PROTECT SERBS AND OTHER MINORITIES

THE VIOLENCE: ETHNIC ALBANIAN ATTACKS ON SERBS AND ROMA

Was the Violence Spontaneous or Organized?

The Mitrovica and Caglavica Clashes

Attacks Against Serbs and Roma, and the Failure to Protect

Kosovo Polje/Fushe Kosove

THE RESPONSE OF THE KOSOVAR LEADERSHIP TO THE VIOLENCE

THE SITUATION FOR SERBS, ROMA, AND OTHER NON-ALBANIAN MINORITIES IN KOSOVO AFTER THE VIOLENCE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

July 2004 Vol. 16, No. 6(D)

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Failure to Protect:Anti-Minority Violence in Kosovo, March 2004

Failure to Protect:
Anti-Minority Violence in Kosovo, March 2004