LOCAL RESEARCHERS - MACEDONIA

Goce Kocevski is a legal counsel and a project manager at the Macedonian Young Lawyers Association (MYLA). His main role is managing a litigation program for litigating cases of human rights violations which include case identification, management of pool of attorneys, developing legal strategy for each case and monitoring of the individual procedures. He also manages a program for legal support to NGOs’ and informal and grass roots initiatives. Mr. Kocevski is a co-editor of the Annual Report on Human Rights Protection in Macedonia published by MYLA. Mr. Kocevski works for MYLA since 2011. At the begging his role was to provide preliminary legal aid to impoverished and indigent parties. Mr. Kocevski has written on legal topics relating primarily to human rights law, access to justice, legal education, access to legal profession and the reforms in the judiciary relevant for the EU integration of Macedonia.