On 10 December, the Head of EULEX, Alexandra Papadopoulou, gave a speech at the regional conference “Access to justice for victims of domestic and gender-based violence”, organized by the Ministry of Justice.

“Women who survived sexual violence in the Kosovo conflict have finally been recognized as victims of the war and granted war pensions. I would like to commend the Kosovo authorities for this major achievement,” said Papadopoulou, adding: “We will never effectively combat domestic and gender-based violence against women unless we include boys and men in raising awareness of and preventing these crimes.”

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