Kosovo Specialist Chambers to begin work early 2017 (media)
In a press conference today, the general secretary of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, Fidelma Donlon, said this mechanism will officially begin work early next year while the recently-appointed chief prosecutor of the Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, David Schwendiman, said that it is not yet known how many indictment the court will file against former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) accused in the Council of Europe report of serious crimes. He said however that he will fearlessly pursue all allegations of crime. “I am aware of the political sensitivity of what I am doing but I will be guided only by facts and the law,” said Schwendiman.