The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR), together with the Institute for European Affairs (IEA), as part of the work of the Working Group for Chapter 35 of the National Convention on the European Union (NCEU), has published an analysis titled “Integrated Border Management and Freedom of Movement – The Line of Division between (Non)Friends.” The authors of the analysis are Sofija Todorović, Director of YIHR, and Naim Leo Beširi, Director of IEA.
Despite the agreements and technical arrangements between Serbia and Kosovo on IBM, challenges remain in fully implementing these agreements, which requires further efforts in building trust and improving border management to achieve stability and development in the region. Although technical solutions within the dialogue have enabled more crossings, challenges still persist. The inadequate implementation of IBM, combined with political tensions, often results in movement bans and practices of suspending or obstructing cooperation, which are the main focus of the analysis.
You can read the analysis in Serbian here, and in English here.
