An interview with Nikola Kabasic, the president of the newly integrated Basic Court in Mitrovica, about the challenges of consolidating Kosovo’s justice system.

The Basic Court in Mitrovica — which integrates the north and the south of the town — started work on November 1, 2017. Nikola Kabasic, the president of this court, was among the Serb judges who were sworn in by the Kosovo President on October 24 as part of the Brussels-facilitated dialogue agreement to get rid of Serbia’s parallel institutions and unify the legal system throughout Kosovo.

In an interview to KoSSev news portal, President of the Basic Court in Mitrovica, Nikola Kabasic said that the Court in North Mitrovica within the Kosovo judicial system will start operating on Monday, at 8.00.

On the same day, the judges will start work in the court building in the former Jugobanka facility in South Mitrovica, as well as in the court units in Leposavic and Zubin Potok. In the north, the Department of the Kosovo Court of Appeals will also be led by the judge Milan Bigovic. This department will deal with the appeals and not the court in Pristina.