Publications
2024
Scholarly publications
Istrefi, K., & Pasquet, L. (2024). The law and politics of creation of the micro religious Bektashi state in Albania. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!. https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-law-and-politics-of-creation-of-the-micro-religious-bektashi-state-in-albania/
Istrefi, K., & Buyse, A. (2024). Climate Cases Decided Today: Small Step or Huge Leap? ECHR blog. https://www.echrblog.com/2024/04/climate-cases-decided-today-small-step.html
2023
Scholarly publications
Istrefi, K., & Mouratidi, Y. (2023). Territorial Jurisdiction During the Active Phase of Hostilities: Shavlokhova v Georgia. European human rights law review, 2023(4), 1-9.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/430913/pdf_Territorial_Jurisdiction_During_the_Active_Phase_of_Hostilities-Shavlkokhova_v2385189_99_Final_31_.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/430913/pdf_Territorial_Jurisdiction_During_the_Active_Phase_of_Hostilities-Shavlkokhova_v2385189_99_Final_31_.pdf?sequence=1
Istrefi, K., & Hahn, C. (2023). Uncharted Waters: Solidarity with Migrants at Sea and the Freedom of Expression. German Law Journal, 24(5), 838–854. https://doi.org/10.1017/glj.2023.52
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/430912/uncharted-waters-solidarity-with-migrants-at-sea-and-the-freedom-of-expression.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/430912/uncharted-waters-solidarity-with-migrants-at-sea-and-the-freedom-of-expression.pdf?sequence=1
Professional publications
Istrefi, K. (2023). Kovačević v Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the saga of the Dayton Peace Agreement’s incompatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!. https://www.ejiltalk.org/kovacevic-v-bosnia-and-herzegovina-and-the-saga-of-the-dayton-peace-agreements-incompatibility-with-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/
Popularising publications
Istrefi, K. (2023). Kosovo-Serbia Agreement on the Normalisation of Relations: Not Signed but Binding, Not Formally on Recognition but with Clear Elements of Implicit Recognition. Web publication/site, Opinio Juris. http://opiniojuris.org/2023/03/28/kosovo-serbia-agreement-on-the-normalisation-of-relations-not-signed-but-binding-not-formally-on-recognition-but-with-clear-elements-of-implicit-recognition/
Istrefi, K. (2023). Earthquakes in Türkiye and the Right to Life: Whither Positive Obligations?. Web publication/site, ECHR Blog. https://www.echrblog.com/2023/02/earthquakes-in-turkiye-and-right-to.html
Istrefi, K. (2023). Kosovo is a Country, and a Country Means a State, Rules the Court of Justice of the European Union. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!. https://www.ejiltalk.org/kosovo-is-a-country-and-a-country-means-a-state-rules-the-court-of-justice-of-the-european-union/
2022
Scholarly publications
Istrefi, K., & Ryngaert, C. (2022). Makuchyan and Minasyan v Azerbaijan and Hungary: Novel Questions of State Responsibility, Presidential Pardon, and Due Diligence of Sentencing Transfer Meet in a Rare Case of the Right to Life. European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, 3(2), 263-278.
Professional publications
Istrefi, K. (2022). Gabimet e Kosovës në traktat-bërje dhe mësimet për të ardhmen. Web publication/site https://sbunker.net/op-ed/91523/gabimet-e-kosoves-ne-traktat-berje-dhe-mesimet-per-te-ardhmen/
Istrefi, K. (2022). By opposing Kosovo’s Council of Europe bid Serbia undermines its EU agreements. Web publication/site, Euroactiv. https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/opinion/by-opposing-kosovos-council-of-europe-bid-serbia-undermines-eu-agreements/
Popularising publications
Istrefi, K. (2022). Greece, Cyprus and the Independence of Kosovo. Καθημερινή.
Istrefi, K. (2022). The UK Supreme Court in the Scottish case: revitalising the doctrine of remedial secession. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!. https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-uk-supreme-court-in-the-scottish-case-revitalising-the-doctrine-of-remedial-secession/
Istrefi, K. (2022). Russia will no longer participate in the Council of Europe: a problematic Member State who could not commit to peace. Web publication/site, ECHR Blog. https://www.echrblog.com/2022/03/russia-will-no-longer-participate-in.html
2021
Scholarly publications
Istrefi, K. (2021). The Right to Life in the Mothers of Srebrenica Case: Reversing the Positive Obligation to Protect from the Duty of Means to that of a Result. Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, 36(2), 141-151. https://doi.org/10.5334/UJIEL.544
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412858/544_1562_1_PB.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412858/544_1562_1_PB.pdf?sequence=1
Ryngaert, C., & Istrefi, K. (2021). Introduction: Special Issue ‘The Legacy of the Mothers of Srebrenica Case’. Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, 36(2), 114-117. https://doi.org/10.5334/ujiel.552
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412608/552_1572_1_PB.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412608/552_1572_1_PB.pdf?sequence=1
Professional publications
Istrefi, K., & Buyse, A. (2021). Third Party Intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in Akin and Others v Turkey: The Coalition of Academic Interveners. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b8bbe8c89c172835f9455fe/t/61c0c2709cabc84d07143786/1640022640249/3rd+party+intervention+in+Kamuran+Akin+and+80+ors+v+Turkey+%28Appl+No.+72796-16%29+by+the+Coalition+of+Academics+to+share.pdf
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/422844/3rd_party_intervention_in_Kamuran_Akin_and_80_ors_v_Turkey_Appl_No._72796_16_by_the_Coalition_of_Academics_to_share.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/422844/3rd_party_intervention_in_Kamuran_Akin_and_80_ors_v_Turkey_Appl_No._72796_16_by_the_Coalition_of_Academics_to_share.pdf?sequence=1
Istrefi, K. (2021). Secretary General Inquires on the Situation in Poland: A Test for Poland and Article 52 ECHR. Web publication/site, ECHR Blog. https://www.echrblog.com/2021/12/secretary-general-inquires-on-situation.html
Istrefi, K., Rados, M., & Merison, W. (2021). The Dutch Judicial Review of the Curfew: Normalised and Entrenched Emergencies. Web publication/site, UCALL blog.
2020
Scholarly publications
Istrefi, K. (2020). The Luxembourg Court Rules on the Difference between States and Countries as International Law Actors. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!. https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-luxembourg-court-rules-on-the-difference-between-states-and-countries-as-international-law-actors/
Istrefi, K. (2020). Contestation of Kosovo’s Statehood from Within: EULEX Judges Adjudicating Privatization Matters through ‘Status Neutrality’. Review of Central and East European Law, 45(4), 432–443. https://doi.org/10.1163/15730352-BJA10036
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/410163/_15730352_Review_of_Central_and_East_European_Law_Contestation_of_Kosovo_s_Statehood_from_Within_EULEX_Judges_Adjudicating_Privatization_Matters_through_Status_Neutrality_.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/410163/_15730352_Review_of_Central_and_East_European_Law_Contestation_of_Kosovo_s_Statehood_from_Within_EULEX_Judges_Adjudicating_Privatization_Matters_through_Status_Neutrality_.pdf?sequence=1
Istrefi, K., & Tzevelekos, V. (2020). A Way for the ECtHR to Foster the Domestic Oversight of Emergency Measures Against the Pandemic: Procedural Rationality’s Special Mission. Web publication/site, ECHR Blog.
Ryngaert, C. M. J., & Istrefi, K. (2020). An Azeri kills an Armenian soldier at a NATO training in Budapest: the ECtHR decides a rare case of State responsibility and presidential pardon. Web publication/site https://strasbourgobservers.com/
Istrefi, K., & Humburg, I. (2020). To Notify or Not to Notify: Derogations from Human Rights Treaties. Web publication/site, Opinio Juris.
Istrefi, K. (2020). Supervision of Derogations in the Wake of COVID-19: a litmus test for the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
Professional publications
Istrefi, K., & Buyse, A. C. (2020). Strasbourg Court Issues Interim Measures Against Turkey Regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict. Web publication/site, ECHR Blog. https://www.echrblog.com/2020/10/strasbourg-court-issues-interim.html
Istrefi, K. (2020). ECHR Decides the First Case Regarding Covid-19 Measures. Web publication/site, ECHR Blog. https://www.echrblog.com/2020/12/echr-decides-first-case-regarding-covid.html
2019
Scholarly publications
Istrefi, K. (2019). A new mechanism for supervision of derogations from the European Convention on Human Rights: filling the accountability gap?. Web publication/site, UCALL blog.
Istrefi, K., & Salomon, S. (2019). Derogations from the European Convention on Human Rights. Austrian Review of International and European Law, 22(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1163/15736512-02201002
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/395151/_15736512_Austrian_Review_of_International_and_European_Law_Online_Derogations_from_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rights.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/395151/_15736512_Austrian_Review_of_International_and_European_Law_Online_Derogations_from_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rights.pdf?sequence=1
Istrefi, K., & Salomon, S. (2019). Entrenched Derogations from the European Convention on Human Rights and the Emergence of Non-Judicial Supervision of Derogations. Austrian Review of International and European Law, 22(1), 5-28. https://doi.org/10.1163/15736512-02201003
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/395150/_15736512_Austrian_Review_of_International_and_European_Law_Online_Entrenched_Derogations_from_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rights_and_the_Emergence_of_Non_Judicial_Supervision.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/395150/_15736512_Austrian_Review_of_International_and_European_Law_Online_Entrenched_Derogations_from_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rights_and_the_Emergence_of_Non_Judicial_Supervision.pdf?sequence=1
Istrefi, K. (2019). The Policy Effects of the Decisions of European Courts on Targeted Sanctions: Whither Human Rights and Due Process? In G. Ulrich, & I. Ziemele (Eds.), How International Law Works in Times of Crisis (pp. 93-108). (European Society of International Law). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198849667.003.0007
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414528/How_International_Law_Works_in_Times_of_Crisis_The_Policy_Effects_of_the_Decisions_of_European_Courts_on_Targeted_San..._.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414528/How_International_Law_Works_in_Times_of_Crisis_The_Policy_Effects_of_the_Decisions_of_European_Courts_on_Targeted_San..._.pdf?sequence=1
2018
Scholarly publications
Istrefi, K. (2018). Kosovo’s Quest for Council of Europe Membership. Review of Central and East European Law, 43(3), 255-273.
Istrefi, K., & Irving, E. (2018). Rights in the Populist Era, a Comment on Bayev v. Russia (ECtHR): More Didactic than Persuasive? Harvard Human Rights Journal, 31, 159-170.
Istrefi, K. (2018). European Judicial Responses to Security Council Resolutions: A Consequentialist Assessment. Brill | Nijhoff.
2017
Scholarly publications
Istrefi, K., & Irving, E. (2017). A Sermon from the Bench: Some Thoughts on the ECtHR Judgment in Bayev and Others v Russia. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
Professional publications
Istrefi, K. (2017). Legal Opinion prepared on the request of the Kosovo Assembly concerning the legal status of Kosovo-Serbia agreements.
2016
Professional publications
Istrefi, K. (2016). Legal Opinion prepared on the request of the Kosovo Assembly concerning the compatibility of the Law on Public Broadcast (tax on public broadcast) with the European Convention on Human Rights.
2015
Scholarly publications
Ratniece, Z., & Istrefi, K. (2015). The limits of the Strasbourg Court's two-level harmonization approach vis-à-vis SC resolutions in Al-Dulimi. In European Yearbook on Human Rights (Vol. 15). Intersentia.
Istrefi, K. (2015). EULEX Judges Contesting Kosovo’s Statehood: Between the Application of Kosovo Laws and UNMIK Regulations. Albanian Journal of Legal Studies , 8.
Istrefi, K., & Morina, V. (2015). Judicial Application of International Law in Kosovo. In S. Rodin, & T. Perisin (Eds.), Judicial Application of International Law in Southeast Europe Springer.
Professional publications
Istrefi, K. (2015). Amicus Curiae brief prepared on the request of the Kosovo Constitutional Court: Case No. KO 130/15 concerning the Kosovo-Serbia agreement on the establishment of the Association of Serb majority municipalities. Kosovo Constitutional Court. https://gjk-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/vendimet/gjk_amicus_curiae_ki_ang.pdf
2014
Scholarly publications
Istrefi, K. (2014). Azemi v. Serbia in the European Court of Human Rights, (Dis)continuity of Serbia’s de jure jurisdiction over Kosovo. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
Istrefi, K. (2014). RMT v. The UK: Expanding Article 11 of the ECHR Through Systemic Integration. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
Istrefi, K. (2014). Azemi v. Serbia of the European Court of Human Rights: Discontinuity of Serbia’s de jure Jurisdiction over Kosovo. European human rights law review.
Professional publications
Istrefi, K. (2014). Revisiting the Legality of Kosovo’s Independence in the Light of Crimea. Web publication/site, Balkans in Europe Policy Blog .
2013
Scholarly publications
Istrefi, K. (2013). Constitutional Domestication of International Human Rights in the Kosovo Legal Order. E Drejta-Pravo-Law, 2013(1), 267-283.
2012
Scholarly publications
Istrefi, K., & Ratniece, Z. (2012). ILDC 1756 (XK 2004): case report concerning international crimes. (Oxford Reports in International Law (ORIL)). Oxford University Press.
Istrefi, K. (2012). ILDC 2089 (XK 2012): case report concerning statehood . (Oxford Reports in International Law (ORIL)). Oxford University Press.
Istrefi, K., & Ratniece, Z. (2012). Think Globally, Act Locally: Al-Jedda’s Oscillation Between the Coherence of International Law and Autonomy of the European Legal Order. Hague Yearbook of International Law, 231-263.
Istrefi, K. (2012). Application of Article 103 of the UN Charter in the European Legal Order: the Quest for Regime Compatibility on Fundamental Rights. European Journal of Legal Studies, 5(2), 81-93. https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/28723
2011
Scholarly publications
Istrefi, K., & Ratniece, Z. (2011). ILDC 1606 (XK 2011): case report concerning international crimes. (Oxford Reports in International Law (ORIL)). Oxford University Press.
2010
Other output
Istrefi, K. (2010). Limitations of the ICJ Opinion on Kosovo. Web publication/site, Jurist, Pitt Law.