Prishtinë, 4 October 2019 – on 26 September 2019, the Ombudsperson filed a Lawsuit with the Basic Court in Prishtina, (BCP) actually with the General Department, the Lawsuit with the request for interim measure related to violation of the right to equal treatment of women on electoral rights and participation by the Central Election Commission (CEC).

While, on 1 October 2019, the General Department of the BCP delivered to the Ombudsperson the Decision concerning the proposal for setting of interim measures related to the given Lawsuit. BCP Decision rejects Ombudsperson’s proposal for an interim measure, with the request that the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kosovo reviews lists of political parties so that they comply with provisions of Article 6 par. 8 and 14 of the Law on Gender Equality.

The Ombudsperson, by respecting the independence of judiciary and the principle of non-intrusion on the merits of judicial decisions, refrains from providing comments to the given Decision and waits until the entire Lawsuit is reviewed.

However, considering this issue of public interest, the Lawsuit and the interim measure, as well as the Decision of the BCP concerning the interim measure, the Ombudsperson makes both documents transparent.

The above stated documents can be found in below given links:

The Lawsuit with request for interim measure against CEC, related to gender discrimination in political entities candidates’ list for Parliamentary Elections 2019 

Decision of Basic Court in Prishtinë, General Department related to the interim measure