Operation
Kosovo
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About Operation Kosovo |
Students at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Chicago Kent College of Law are working together in an Interprofessional Program to continue the work of Operation Kosovo, an initiative to promote the rule of law, democracy, civil society and economic development in Kosovo. Three students traveled to Kosovo in January 2004 to further projects ranging from creating a tourism market for Kosovo to creating a Claims Commission to investigating the Special Chamber (the "Supreme Court" of Kosovo) and its inner workings. Operation Kosovo and other IIT Nationbuilding projects in the Balkans have accomplished much over the last seven years. Students
are developing a number of other projects, including establishing a Kosovo
Leadership Council, a Small Business Assistance Clinic, and working with
young Kosovars and Americans to establish an investment fund. The projects
independently and cooperatively promise to help Kosovars as they build
a stable, sustainable democracy and market economy. The Small
Business Assistance Clinic will support and assist Kosovar entrepreneurs
was they establish the small businesses that will contribute to the market
economy. The Kosovo
Investment Fund will further Kosovar economic development while providing
appropriate returns to investors. Students have assisted the Criminal Defense Resource Center (CDRC), a non-governmental organization under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Central Europe (OSCE). Students are also preparing to post a compendium of Kosovar law on the internet, a step that will facilitate legal research for Kosovar students and attorneys. |
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Several Interprofessional Projects (IPROs) of Chicago-Kent College of Law and the Illinois Institute of Technology have contributed to this site. |
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Special
thanks to Charles Rudnick, Julian Mulla, George Soros's people by name,
IV Ashton, Scott Waguespack, and a number of students who have participated
in past IPROs and played key roles. |
This site is made possible due to donations from Sun
Microsystems. |