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Establishment of the tribunal, a failure of the state (Koha online)

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Pristina-based attorney Arianit Koci argues in an opinion piece that the main reason why Kosovo doesn’t need a tribunal that would address war crimes allegedly committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army is because Serbia, the aggressor, never established such a tribunal. “The numbers of killings and massacres show that if such a tribunal were to be established, it should be done in Serbia. This does not mean that we are against criminal procedures for suspects, whoever they might be, but we want the same standards to apply for both parties … The request for a tribunal is first of all an attack against all international officials that worked in Kosovo, including EULEX, because they had the competencies to handle war crimes. The issue of witness intimidation, a serious problem, is not a problem that only the Kosovar judiciary faces. Serbia, Croatia and even The Hague tribunal were faced with the same problem. After all, who would be part of this tribunal? Will they be the same people that could not process these crimes while they were working for UNMIK, The Hague tribunal or now EULEX? Do we really need another experiment? The establishment of a special chamber within Kosovo’s judicial system would be more acceptable, because it would include Kosovar judges and they will operate according to our laws. We want to cooperate with internationals, but we also want to be masters of our home.”

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