11.03.2026. » 11:53 | ACDC
Civil Society Refuses to Participate in the Simulation of Dialogue on the Implementation of the Law on Foreigners and the Law on Vehicles
Civil society organizations from northern Kosovo have decided not to participate in the information session organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kosovo regarding the implementation of the Law on Foreigners and the Law on Vehicles.
We refuse to be complicit in a process that is not consultative, but reduced to merely informing participants about decisions that have already been made. The invitation to the meeting, sent only three days before the full implementation of the laws, is not an invitation to dialogue, but an attempt to retroactively legitimize finalized decisions that will directly endanger the fundamental rights of thousands of citizens.
Civil society organizations have repeatedly expressed their readiness to participate in timely and meaningful consultations in order to highlight the serious consequences that these laws, implemented in their current form, will have on the everyday lives of citizens and to offer concrete solutions. Such a process has never been established.
Participation in the meeting under these circumstances would mean granting legitimacy to a process that is neither transparent nor inclusive. Civil society organizations will not participate in processes that serve merely as a formality, while at the same time, laws are being introduced that, in their essence, deepen legal uncertainty and discrimination.
We call on the institutions to first postpone the implementation and then establish a genuine, transparent, and inclusive consultation process with the local community prior to the necessary amendments to these laws so that they correspond to the local context.
- New Social Initiative NSI
- Center for Affirmative Social Actions CASA
- Aktiv
- Institute for Territorial Economic Development InTER
- Advocacy Center for Democratic Culture ACDC
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