Zbogar: First indictments, in January next year (Indeksonline)
The European Union Special Representative to Kosovo, Samuel Zbogar, told the Belgrade-based news agency Tanjug that the the first indictments for the alleged war crimes suspects that will be addressed by the special court, will be filed in January next year. He also said that the law on special court enters into force only after being signed by […]
Read More →“Passing of special court legislation is only first step” (RTS,B92,Tanjug)
Marko Djuric has said that the passing constitutional changes was only the first step towards the establishment of a Special Court for the crimes of the KLA. The director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija was referring to the legislation adopted by the Kosovo assembly. He added that most of the work […]
Read More →Selimi: Neither Zeka nor Thaci know names of the alleged suspects of special court (Telegrafi)
The Vetevendosje Movement MP, Rexhep Selimi, commenting on the publication of a list by the journalist Milaim Zeka containing the names of the alleged suspect of special court, said that neither Milaim Zeka nor Hashim Thaci know the names that are expected to be among the accused by the special court. He said he didn’t take the […]
Read More →Kosovo parliament approves special war crimes court (BBC)
Parliament in Kosovo has amended the constitution to allow the creation of a special court to investigate alleged war crimes committed by ethnic Albanian fighters during the war in the 1990s. The now-disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) has been accused of various war crimes, including organ-harvesting from murdered Serb captives. Opposition politicians boycotted the vote […]
Read More →Serbs will not support law on assistance to defendants (TV Most)
Jevtic told Tanjug that the Serbian list would not support the law on financing and legal protection of the suspects before the Special court. He added that at the meeting of the Kosovo government this was confirmed and explained by the Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic.
Read More →Kuci: We are not establishing special court, the EU is (Lajmi)
Kosovo’s Justice Minister, Hajredin Kuci, said that that further procedures for the establishment of the special court are not the competence of local institutions. Kuci explained that after adopting the laws for the special court in the Assembly yesterday, the local institutions have no power over the procedures by which special court shall be established. […]
Read More →HRW: Right and fair decision for Kosovo (Indeksonline)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) through a press release has welcomed the decision of the Kosovo Assembly to establish the special court for war crimes. HRW said the court will operate under Kosovo law but with headquarters in Europe and with international judges and prosecutors. “The government and lawmakers have taken a right decision for justice,” […]
Read More →German MP: No difference between Kosovo and Crimea (Vesti)
German parliament MP Alexander Neu stated that he doesn’t see any difference between the issue of self-declared Kosovo and Crimea. “In both cases the West has downgraded the UN Charter articles on territorial integrity, what led to creation of precedents”. He pointed out that unification of Crimea with Russia can be deemed as violation of […]
Read More →Journalist publishes extensive list of alleged suspects of special court (media)
Several news sites are reporting that Pristina-based reporter Milaim Zeka has published an extensive list of people who he claims will be tried by the special court. According to Zeka, the suspects are: Agim Ceku (PDK), Azem Syla (PDK), Hashim Thaci (PDK), Kadri Veseli (PDK), Xhavit Haliti (PDK), Shaip Muja (PDK), Ajvaz Berisha (PDK), Daut […]
Read More →Simić: Special court to be established as soon as possible (RTK2)
The head of the Serbian List caucus in the Kosovo parliament Slavko Simić said to RTK2 that he expected more MPs to support constitutional amendments that paved the way for creation of the special court for Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) crimes. Simić said that some MPs might have been exposed to certain pressure to support […]
Read More →Schwendiman encouraged by formation of special court (Telegrafi)
The Lead Prosecutor of the European Union’s Special Investigative Task Force (SITF), David Schwendiman, said on Monday he was encouraged by the adoption of the legislation for the formation of the special court in Kosovo. “The Kosovo Assembly adopted the constitutional amendments and the law that makes way for the formation of the Specialist Chambers […]
Read More →Stefanovic: Investigation of crimes against Serbs priority (Tanjug)
Serbian Minister of Interior Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic stated that the investigation of all crimes committed against Serbs in Kosovo constitutes one of the priorities, together with the implementation of the Brussels agreement. Reacting to the Monday debate in the Kosovo parliament concerning the constitutional amendments the adoption of which would make room for constitution of […]
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