E. Legal System Monitoring Section, OSCE Mission in Kosovo 132 Model A staff programme of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo funded through the OSCE unified budget. Inception The LSMS commenced monitoring of the criminal justice system in 1999 as part of the institution-building pillar of the United Nations Interim Administration. Since 2005, the LSMS has been monitoring the civil justice system, and in 2006 the LSMS initiated a pilot project to monitor the administrative justice system. Objectives The LSMS mandate is to monitor cases in the justice system and assess their compliance with international standards, including human rights and fair-trial standards; to report on matters of concern; and to recommend sustainable solutions to ensure that these standards are met. Reports “Review of the Criminal Justice System” (2000), (2001); “Independence of the Judiciary, Detention and Mental Health Issues” (2004); “The Administration of Justice in the Municipal Courts” (2004); Crime, Detention and Punishment (2004); “Review of the Criminal Justice System 1999-2005” (2006); “Review of the Civil Justice System” (2006); “Review on the Administrative Justice System in Kosovo” (2007). Partners None Monitoring Staff The LSMS is part of the Mission’s Department of Human Rights, Decentralization and Communities. Six national and six international staff lawyers monitor criminal and civil cases. An LSMS chief and a co-ordinator of criminal monitoring provide supervision and strategic planning. Two international legal analysts and a local civil legal adviser draft monthly and thematic reports based on data reported by the LSMS court monitors. Trial-Monitoring: A Reference Manual for Practitioners