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 In a letter of 19 February 2002, the Head of the Penal Management Division of the UNMIK Department of Justice informed the Ombudsperson that operational and security concerns rendered it impossible to order the transfer of the individual detainee to Mitrovica and that responsibility for escorting relatives of detainees was vested in the UNMIK Police.

5 February 2002: Letter to the Director of the UNMIK Civil Registry concerning civil registration of persons under sixteen years of age and issuance of travel documents to them. In a letter of 7 February 2002, the UNMIK Civil Registrar informed the Ombudsperson that he had issued an instruction to Municipal Civil Registration Centres to begin registering children for the purpose of issuing them both ID cards and, subsequently, UNMIK travel documents.

5 February 2002: Letter to the UNMIK Municipal Administrator in Prizren concerning the difficult living circumstances and personal security situation of an elderly Serb man living alone in the centre of Prizren. In a letter of 20 February 2002, the UNMIK Municipal Administrator in Prizren informed the Ombudsperson about assistance and services provided to the individual concerned by UNMIK, the OSCE, UNHCR and KFOR and indicating the intention to redouble efforts to enable him to lead a more normal life. She also noted that the responsibility for his personal security lay with the competent security authorities.

12 February 2002: Letter to the Head of the UNMIK Social Welfare Department outlining concerns about the Social Assistance scheme in Kosovo. There has been no response to this letter.

28 February 2002: Letter to the Deputy SRSG for Police and Justice regarding internal investigations into allegations that UNMIK and/or KPS Police Officers have ill-treated detainees or abused their authority and the refusal of UNMIK to allow representatives of the Ombudsperson Institution to have access to relevant documentation, in contravention of UNMIK Regulation 2000/38. In a letter of 11 March, the Deputy SRSG for Police and Justice informed the Ombudsperson that the Police would provide relevant information `as long as it does not jeopardize further investigations or the security and privacy of individuals'. He also noted that UNMIK was conducting a review of its compliance with its obligations under the applicable law and would provide more detailed information on the conclusion of that review.

5 March 2002: Letter to the Pristina Regional Commander of the UNMIK Police regarding denial of access to documents and files to the Ombudsperson Institution, in contravention of UNMIK Regulation 2000/38 and requesting information regarding a number of investigations into physical attacks on specific individuals and their property in Lipjan/Lipljan. There has been no response to this letter.

8 March 2002: Letter to the Director of the UNMIK Department of Judicial Affairs recommending the assignment of an international panel of judges to hear an appeal in a criminal case that had had extensive media coverage due to its political overtones. There has been no response to this letter.

19 March 2002: Letter to the SRSG concerning the eviction of Rilindja and TAN news companies from their premises in Pristina In a letter of 3 April 2002, the SRSG informed the Ombudsperson that the premises at issue had been under UNMIK administration since 1999 and that the two news companies had been asked to vacate the building in 2000 and 2001 but had failed to do so, although they had been offered alternative office and archive space in a nearby building. The building itself is to be renovated for use as office space for the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government.