Violence in Kosovo goes unpunished

The Kosovo courts have not brought to justice those responsible for the violent crimes of the March 2004 riots.

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Wednesday, 31.05.2006.

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Violence in Kosovo goes unpunished

The report states that there has been little to no progress made in cases of violence committed during the 2004 riots. More than two years after the fact, charges have been pressed against only 426 people and only slightly over half of them have been followed up with decisions.
The criminal justice response to the March 2004 violence provides a useful yardstick by which to measure progress on accountability efforts in the province generally.

“After almost seven years of international administration, the authorities should have had sufficient time to address the shortcomings in the legal framework, the police, the prosecuting authorities and the courts. Moreover, in the wake of the March violence, there was an unequivocal commitment from the international community that those responsible would be brought to justice.” the report states.

The inadequate criminal justice response to violence in March 2004 symbolizes one of the greatest problems faced by Kosovo today: rampant impunity for crime, particularly where it has a political or ethnic dimension. The track record on investigating and prosecuting war crimes and inter-ethnic crimes prior to March 2004 is also extremely poor, according to the HRW.

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