Katarzyna Kropiak
Studia Środkowoeuropejskie i Bałkanistyczne, Tom XXVI, 2017, s. 135 - 150
https://doi.org/10.4467/2543733XSSB.17.029.8327The process of diffusion of international norms and democratic standards in the post-war Kosovo is a multilevel process which involved many actors (international organizations, the government of Kosovo, local administration and non-governmental organizations). This process can be understood as a sequence of the promotion of international standards, translating them into local meaning and choosing which international norms can be implemented in the domestic realm by agents (contestation of the norms) and the materialization of the norm in the system of legislation (location, acceptance or rejection). In this case for example, the promotion of international standards can be considered to present the plan of Martti Ahtisaari (Comprehensive Proposal for the Kosovo Status Settlement) in February 2007, the operations and activities of the UNMIK mission, ICR (International Civilian Representative for Kosovo) and ICO (International Civilian Office). By contestation standards should be understood as developed from the international standards in the local discourse by peacebuilding agents and locations – as decision and choice as to which standards should be implemented into the system of national legislation. In the case of Kosovo, not every international standard was transferred successfully to the local realm, while launching democratic institutions can be understood as a limited success, the minority law and non-discrimination policies still require a lot of work to be done.