Specialist Prosecutor Smith met UNMIK Chief (RTV Puls)
Chief Prosecutor at Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s Office Jack Smith, on his first visit to Kosovo, attended a series of meetings with international and Kosovo officials, reported all media. Smith met yesterday with UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin and talked about cooperation, reported RTV Puls. During the visit, Jack Smith met leaders of international organizations, representatives of […]
Read More →Capussela’s 4 points on Thaci and Mogherini: Why didn’t the Special Court issue an indictment? (Kossev)
“1) The EU set up a special war-crimes court; 2) Thaci is an obvious suspect; 3) Federica Mogherini and Johannes Hahn want the land swap that Thaci advocated; 4) Federica Mogherini chose the court’s judges and prosecutors. Can 1-4 contribute to explaining why the court hasn’t yet indicted anyone?” – the former head of the […]
Read More →Brammertz: Victims in Kosovo are seeking justice, but I’m afraid it will take a while (Blic, TV Prva)
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Mechanism Serge Brammertz said today that he does not know when the first indictments will be filed at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers for the crimes committed by the KLA in Kosovo, Belgrade based daily Blic reported. “I know that the victims in Kosovo are seeking justice, but I’m afraid […]
Read More →The Specialized Chambers of Kosovo will not comment on Dacic’s “exclusivity” (Danas)
On the occasion of the statement by Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic that the prison in Scheveningen is about to accept the first indictees for KLA crimes, the Specialized Chambers Kosovo briefly responded to Belgrade’s daily Danas that they cannot comment on operational issues. The daily recall Dacic’s statement that the prison in […]
Read More →Letter to Scott and Mogherini: Why there are no Albanians in Brussels who did not commit crimes? (Blic)
The Association of Families Kidnapped and Killed in Kosovo and Metohija today, in a letter to US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott and EU High Representative Federika Mogherini, questions why there are no Albanians who did not commit crimes in the negotiations in Brussels, reports Belgrade based daily Blic. “Can honest Albanians, who did not […]
Read More →Consultations begin on murders of journalists in Kosovo (B92, Kontakt plus radio)
OSCE’s media freedom representative has told the EFJ he began consultations with the president of the Serbian Commission Investigating Murders of Journalists. The commission is headed by Veran Matic. OSCE’s Harlem Desir said that the consultations began on how to reopen investigations into the killings and disappearances of 14 journalists and media workers in Kosovo […]
Read More →Thaci: Serbia has committed genocide in Kosovo; Djuric’s case a provocation of the Serbian authorities (Blic)
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci says in an interview with the Vienna daily Presse that the ”case” of Marko Djuric was unnecessary and that something like this should not be repeated, and that he agreed with the President of Serbia about necessity of the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, reports Belgrade based daily Blic. – Djuric’s case […]
Read More →Commission could investigate Kosovo murders of journalists (B92, UNS)
Jan Braathu, Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo, interviewed by the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS). “The Specialist Chambers (Kosovo War Crimes Court) has a specific mandate and I am not sure to what extent it will look at cases of kidnapped and murdered journalists. These cases were supposed to be investigated by international […]
Read More →Serbian lawyers selected for the representation before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (TV Most, Politika)
Thirty lawyers from Serbia will take part in the work of the Court for the crimes of the former KLA in the capacity of attorneys, writes Belgrade based daily Politika. When the mandate is about to start before the Special Court, the lawyers do not know yet, and one of the selected lawyers and president […]
Read More →Kuburovic: ”I’m afraid the court for the KLA crimes will remain a ‘dead letter”'(KIM radio, Vecernje Novosti)
Serbian Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic expressed her fear that the KLA Special War Crimes Tribunal, on which the EU insists, would remain “a dead letter on paper”, reports Serbian media. “I am not sure how much that court will come to life at all, because for so long the indictments have been announced, but nothing […]
Read More →Specialist chambers publish names of approved defence lawyers (Koha)
Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) has published the list of attorneys approved to represent suspects, accused or victims. The list contains names of 40 lawyers addmittee to the Lists of Counsel making them eligible to appear before the specialist court and represent anyone entitled to legal representation, a statement issued by the KSC states. President of […]
Read More →Stanojkovic: The case of “yellow house” still active (KIM radio, Politika, Blic)
War crimes prosecutor Snezana Stanojkovic says that the prosecution took over 761 cases from Kosovo, KIM radio reports. According to her, the cases are in the appropriate registers and distributed to the processors for further action. In an interview for Belgrade based daily Politika, Stanojkovic says that the subject of trafficking in human organs, known […]
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