ANNUAL REPORT OF NPM 2019
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A Memorandum of Understanding between the Swiss National Commission for the Prevention of Torture
and the Ombudsperson Institution for joint monitoring of forced return operations between Switzerland and
Kosovo was signed on 24th of April 2019. This agreement sets out the mutual terms and obligations with
regard to monitoring the observance of fundamental rights of forcibly returned persons. Based on this
agreement, the NPM so far monitored two forced return operations by Swiss police authorities through
Adem Jashari International Airport in Prishtina.
Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Swiss National Commission for the Prevention of
Torture.
The NPM’s representative attended the regular meeting of the Working Group on Asylum and Migration
within the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) on 25th and 26th of April
2019, whereby he presented the situation in the Republic of Kosovo and the work of the Ombudsperson and
the NPM in this regard.
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