“Everyone knows about KLA crimes, but sometimes it’s not enough” (N1)
Journalist of Radio-Television of Vojvodina Ljubica Gojgić assesses in a show “Dan uživo” of regional TV N1 that from the political assessment will depend which names will be found on the first indictments of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, N1 reports. Since the beginning of July, when the Rules of Procedure and Evidence have been adopted, […]
Read More →Righting justice: Can the Kosovo Specialist Chambers make a positive societal impact? (PrishtinaInsight)
Risking to repeat mistakes made by previous international justice mechanisms, the Specialist Chambers need to change their strategy and address Kosovo society as a whole. Since the end of the conflict in 1999, international and domestic hybrid courts have been the main fora for investigating the most serious war crimes and crimes against humanity in […]
Read More →Specialist Chambers should learn from past experiences on witness testimonies (Kosovo 2.0)
As of July 5, the Specialist Chambers and the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office have been fully judicially operational and at any moment now we can expect to read about potential indictments and trial dates. There was an initial false-start, in which the Rules of Procedure and Evidence were found to be inconsistent with the Constitution, but […]
Read More →Anniversary of the kidnapping of Serbs in Orahovac/Rahovec marked (KIM radio, KoSSev, Politika)
In Velika Hoča, municipality of Rahovec/Orahovac yesterday was marked the suffering of Serbs of July 1998, when hundreds of Serbs and Roma were kidnapped in the municipality, Serbian media reported. At the memorial service for the victims and abductees in the municipality of Rahovec/Orahovac, was said that no one still was responsible for the suffering […]
Read More →Janjic: First special court indictments expected in autumn (Klan Kosova)
Dusan Janjic from the Belgrade-based Forum for Ethnic Relations said the first indictments of the specialist chambers cannot be expected before autumn and that they will involve people of influence in politics and security in Kosovo. Janjic said the approval of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence reaffirms the commitment of the international community to […]
Read More →Request for debate on Special Court returned to Assembly Presidency (Lajmi.net)
The Assembly of Kosovo might hold during the following days a debate for amendment of the Law on the Special Chambers and the Office of the Specialized Prosecutor. The Commission for Legislation has decided to return the request of six MPs for an Assembly debate on the Special Court, to the Assembly Presidency. “ There […]
Read More →Kosovo Special War Crimes Court Adopts Rulebook (Balkan Insight)
The Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers, set up to try former Kosovo Liberation Army members for wartime and post-war crimes, could now be judicially operational in May. Two months after its judges were appointed, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers adopted its Rules of Procedure and Evidence, it said in a statement on Tuesday – a move that […]
Read More →Ekaterina Trendafilova appointed the first President of the Specialist Chambers (Klan Kosova)
On 14 December 2016 Dr Ekaterina Trendafilova was appointed the first President of the Specialist Chambers. A press release informs that after the independent Selection Panel submitted its recommendation, the Appointing Authority, Ms. Alexandra Papadopoulou, Head of the EULEX Mission in Kosovo, formally appointed the President. President Trendafilova (1953) is a distinguished judge, lawyer and academic […]
Read More →Headlines 10 December
• EU: There will be no wall in Mitrovica (Epoka e Re, Zeri)
• Tahiri: The wall will be removed in a matter of days (Epoka e Re)
• Konjufca: Wall in Mitrovica, result of Brussels dialogue (Zeri)
• EU to call on Kosovo authorities to cooperate with special court (Koha Ditore)
• Thaci: Kosovo should not remain isolated (dailies)
In BIRN interview, Schwendiman claims special court is not anti-Albanian (media)
In his first interview since appointed chief prosecutor of the new Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, David Schwendiman, told BIRN that suspected criminals are the target of his work, not the Kosovo Liberation Army. “I am not after organisations, I am not after ethnicities, I am looking at individual responsibility for what was done,” David Schwendiman […]
Read More →Headlines 16 September
• Kosovo Specialist Chambers to begin work early 2017 (media)
• Tahiri: Redesigning of dialogue is needed (Epoka)
• Government and opposition meet on demarcation issue (media)
• PM Mustafa meets residents of border region with Montenegro (Epoka)
• “No work at Orthodox Church without proper documents” (Klan Kosova)
• Special prosecution files terrorism charges against five persons (Klan Kosova)
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