The Assembly therefore asks the Committee of Ministers to
ensure that the Council of Europe, in co-operation with other international
actors, including the European Union, plays a key role in putting
in place measures to ensure the protection of the human rights of
all persons in Kosovo, including:
3.1 expanding
the role of the Council of Europe in Kosovo, in particular as regards:
3.1.1 the protection of human rights;
3.1.2 the voluntary return in safety and dignity of refugees
and displaced persons and their sustainable reintegration;
3.1.3 the protection of national minorities;
3.1.4 the use of minority languages;
3.1.5 intercultural dialogue and cultural heritage;
3.1.6 the fight against corruption, organised crime, money-laundering
and trafficking in human beings;
3.1.7 the democratisation and financing of political parties;
3.1.8 the accountability of the police;
3.1.9 the independence and the efficiency of the judiciary;
3.2 communicating with the United Nations Office of the Special
Envoy of the Secretary-General for the future status process for
Kosovo (UNOSEK) in order to ensure that standards and mechanisms
of the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No. 5) are fully
applied and integrated in the Status Agreement for Kosovo;
3.3 increasing the information activities of the Council of
Europe in or aimed at Serbia, as well as the activities relating
to history teaching, human rights education, youth and intercultural
dialogue;
3.4 in view of its increased involvement in Kosovo during
the post-status stabilisation period, engaging in a dialogue with
the appropriate European Union bodies to secure an enhanced role
for the Council of Europe, including by deploying a human rights
adviser, to be appointed by the Council of Europe to work within
the future enhanced European Union presence in Kosovo;
3.5 in accordance with
Recommendation
1588 (2003) on population displacement in South-Eastern Europe:
trends, problems, solutions, co-operating with the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and, where
applicable, with the International Organization for Migration (IOM),
to find durable solutions for refugees, displaced and stateless
persons;
3.6 reconsidering the request made by the Ministry of Justice
and the Ministry of the Interior of Kosovo (Provisional Institutions
of Self-Government (PISG)) to receive Council of Europe expertise through
the temporary appointment of a human rights adviser to their institutions;
3.7 enhancing the role of the institution of the Commissioner
for Human Rights of the Council of Europe to assist in reinforcing
the protective role of the Ombudsperson in Kosovo.