Author: Gzim Shala (Gzim Shala)

Prishtina, 22 December 2025 – The Kosovo Law Institute (KLI) has today received the judgment of the Basic Court in Prishtina – Administrative Matters Department, concerning the lawsuit initiated against the Independent Media Commission (IMC). Through this judgment, the Court declared unlawful the decision of 17 January 2025 appointing Mr. Besnik Berisha as Chairperson of...

Prishtina, 11 June 2026 – The Kosovo Law Institute (KLI) is following the recent decision-making of the Independent Media Commission (IMC) with deep concern, through which this institution is seriously undermining media freedom in Kosovo. These decisions constitute an overreach of the IMC’s legal mandate and create a dangerous precedent for the functioning of the...

Prishtina, 8 June 2026 – The Kosovo Law Institute (KLI) held a press conference at which it published the report “When the Regulator Violates the Rules: The Unlawfulness of Fines Imposed by the IMC for Media Violations”. The report was presented by KLI Deputy Executive Director Betim Musliu, KLI Senior Researcher Gzim Shala, and KLI...

Prishtina, 12 May 2026 – The Kosovo Law Institute (KLI), with the support of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, published the report “The 10th Legislature Monitor”, providing an analysis of the functioning of the Assembly of Kosovo during this legislative term. The report examines parliamentary functioning, the legislative process, parliamentary oversight, institutional transparency, and compliance with...

Pristina, 21 April 2026 – The Kosovo Law Institute (KLI) reacts to the Government of the Republic of Kosovo’s decision to change the composition of the Bar Examination Commission. The decision is justified by the need to address a high number of complaints identified during the previous Commission’s mandate, which, according to public statements, allegedly...

Prishtina, 16 April 2026 – The Kosovo Law Institute (KLI) calls on the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo not to circumvent procedures in the review of the Draft Law on the State Bureau for Verification and Confiscation of Unjustifiable Assets (hereinafter: the Draft Law on the Bureau). This should be ensured by allowing, between...

Prishtina, April 4, 2026 – The Kosovo Law Institute (KLI) assesses that the refusal of the Presidency of the Assembly to select the Secretary General of the Assembly and the announcement of a new vacancy without any legal basis constitutes one of the clearest examples of disregard for the law, institutional delay, and arbitrary decision-making...

Pristina, 8 December 2025 – “Anti-Corruption Week 2025” commenced on Monday with a symbolic action organized by the coalition of civil society organizations, the Kosovo Law Institute (KLI), FOL Movement, and Initiative for Progress (INPO), aimed at raising their voice against corruption and the policies that are paralyzing the functioning of the state. At the...

Pristina, 2 December 2025: The Kosovo Law Institute (KLI), FOL Movement and the Initiative for Progress (INPO) (hereinafter: the NGO Coalition) have followed with concern the unlawful and abusive actions of certain members of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council (KPC), most of whose mandates expire next month. Through illegal decisions in the final days of their...