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Wartime Sexual Violence Survivors' Reparations Programme — Kosovo

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Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 43% 74/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Kosovo's 2014 law grants official 'civilian war victim' status and a monthly pension to survivors of conflict-related sexual violence from the 1998-99 war; by September 2024 the verification commission had compensated 1,671 survivors, against an estimated 20,000.

1,671+
Survivors compensated (2018–September 2024)
~20,000
Estimated affected population
Wartime Sexual Violence Survivors' Reparations Programme — Kosovo

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Government of Kosovo — Commission for Recognition and Verification of the Status of Survivors of Sexual Violence during the Kosovo Liberation War
Period
2014–present (Law No. 04/L-172 adopted 2014, implementation operational from 2018, commission mandate extended to May 2025)
Keywords
social protection, transitional justice, gender-based violence, reparations

Context

Kosovo's Law No. 04/L-172 (2014) created an official 'civilian war victim' status and monthly pension for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence during the 1998-99 war, though the verification process only became operational in 2018 once a budget was allocated in September 2017.

Results

By September 2024 the Commission for Recognition and Verification had compensated more than 1,671 survivors since 2018, against an estimated 20,000 people who experienced conflict-related sexual violence during the war; the mandate was extended to May 2025.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
Commission for Recognition and Verification of the Status of Survivors staff

Conditions for success

  • securing a dedicated budget allocation before the verification mechanism could become operational

Common failure modes

  • verification has been criticised for slow processing and restrictive evidentiary requirements
  • the 1,671 compensated survivors represent a small fraction of the roughly 20,000 estimated affected population

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