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A landlocked territory, Kosovo is bordered by Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and, along a disputed line of demarcation, Serbia. Administered by the United Nations after the 1999 war between Serbian forces and KLA secessionists, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 - a decision that has attracted only partial international recognition - and has since held elections for an national government. The major human rights issues in Kosovo are the continuing legacy of the war, including internally displaced peoples, and tensions between different ethnic groups - particularly between ethnic Albanians and the remaining Serb populations, but also in the form of discrimination and prejudice against Roma and other minorities.
Organisations in Kosovo
- Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
- Canadian International Development Agency
- Centre for Children's Theatre Development
- Christian Children's Fund - Geneva Office
- Enfants du Monde - Droits de l'homme (service mineurs)
- Feinstein International Center, Tufts University
- Global Campaign for Education
- Global March Against Child Labour
- GOAL - Ireland
- Humanity without Frontiers
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- Jubilee Action - UK
- Kindernothilfe
- Kosova Action Network
- Madre, Inc.
- Minority Rights Group International
- NGO/UNICEF Regional Network for Children in Central and Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States
- P.A.U. Education
- Save the Children Norway
- Save the Children UK
- SOS Children's Villages International
- South East European Child Rights Action Network
- Terre des hommes - child relief
- UNESCO
- War Child Holland
- Winrock International
- Women's World Summit Foundation
- World Vision - Canada