The Ambassador of the United States of America to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, said that fighting corruption should be a priority for all actors in Kosovo. Delawie made these comments during the round table organized by the Institute for Justice, supported by the U.S. and United Kingdom Embassies in Kosovo. They discussed performance and results of the justice institutions with a focus on fighting corruption.

Delawie said that the war against corruption requires a comprehensive approach, however he added that without a truthful system of justice, any attempt against corruption would fail. He said that it is difficult to see the spread of justice when a corrupted official continues his work in office.

The British Ambassador to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell, expressed his concern regarding the reports which demonstrate the failure of justice. It is time for Kosovo to be a legal state by which no one is above the law, O’Connell said.

The head of Kosovo’s Judicial Council, Nehat Idrizi, said all actors should engage in fighting corruption, and informed that there are 383 cases of corruption nature at the judicial institutions.

Kosovo’s Justice Institute presented reports deriving from the monitoring of the prosecutorial and judicial system of Kosovo, where findings indicate serious problems with respect to legality by the two Councils.  According to these reports, the trend of unresolved cases of corruption continues to challenge the prosecutorial and judicial system.