Pristina: Signing of law on special war crimes court delayed

The signing of a law that should enable for the formation of a special court for war crimes has been delayed in Kosovo.

Izvor: Tanjug

Tuesday, 11.08.2015.

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Pristina: Signing of law on special war crimes court delayed

The Self-Determination, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, and the Initiative for Kosovo waited until the last moment to file the request, claiming the law would "endanger Kosovo's sovereignty".

The legislation in question was passed in the assembly in Pristina earlier this month. The court should deal with alleged war crimes committed by the ethnic Albanian KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army").

The Constitutional Court now has 60 days to rule in the case. Albanian language media in Pristina are reporting on Tuesday that the decision will be made "on September 11, or on October 11 at the latest."

The same outlets quoted constitutional law experts who said they were "skeptical" that the court would rule to prevent the formation of the court. But the opposition is hopeful that the court will be making decisions "in line with the Constitution, now that Enver Hasani is no longer at its helm."

In case the court rules that procedures were violated during the voting in the assembly, or that the war crimes court would "violate or endanger Kosovo's sovereignty" - it will not be possible to put "this issue" on assembly's agenda once again.

Assembly's legal expert Driton Lajci told RTK that procedures had been followed to the letter and accused the opposition of "wanting to politicize the issue."

He added that "neither the government or Kosovo Assembly President Kadri Veseli are happy that the law passed, but it is an obligation that should have been implemented."

Earlier, EU's special representative in Kosovo Samuel Zbogar announced that first indictments should be raised in January, while media in Pristina said the future court's chief prosecutor will be American David Schwendiman, who has been for a year heading an EU investigative task force set up to look into the allegations from the Marty Report.

Former Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty in 2010 published a report linking the KLA with a number of crimes, including unlawful detention in Albania and removal of vital organs from kidnapped Serb and other civilians.

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