The Kosovo Specialist Chambers headquartered at The Hague released an order addressed to the Kosovo Police where they demand more information on whether they have the capacity to enforce conditions as set out by the Court in case of an interim release of the former commanders of the Kosovo Liberation Army.
The Police of Kosovo, according to the order released on October 8 by the pre-trial judge Nicolas Guillou, will have two have weeks to respond to the request.
“On 1 October 2021, the Court of Appeals issued the decisions on the appeals of the Accused against the Pre-Trial Judge’s decisions ordering their continued detention of 25 June 2021 and 2 July 2021.7 It, inter alia, remanded these decisions to the Pre-Trial Judge for further consideration in order to assess whether the Kosovo Police can effectively enforce the conditions proposed by the Accused or any further condition identified by the Pre-Trial Judge as necessary to mitigate the identified risks
“After the decision of the Court of Appeal’s panel on October 1, the Pre-Trial Judge on the Thaçi case and the others ordered the Police of Kosovo that, within two weeks from the notification of this order after being translated in the Albanian language, provide information regarding (i) the authority and capability of the Kosovo Police to restrict the movements of individuals subject to conditional release, monitor and restrict such individuals’ communications, administer house arrest, and the enforceability of conditions attaching to interim release”, read a statement released by the Specialist Chambers.
The Prosecution has accused Thaci, Veseli, Krasniqi, and Selimi of war crimes against hundreds of civilians, who were not actively involved during the Kosovo War.
The indictment alleges that from March 1998 to September 1999, Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi, Jakup Krasniqi, and other members of the KLA took part in “a joint criminal enterprise sharing the same objective to exert control across Kosovo through all means, including intimidation, mistreatment, use of violence and annihilation of all those considered as the enemy”,
The Prosecution claims that the victims were mainly civilians who were perceived as collaborators with the Serb forces, officials, or state institutions, or that did not endorse the intentions of the Kosovo Liberation Army.
All the former KLA members standing trial have pleaded ‘not guilty’.
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