{"id":18466,"date":"2021-08-03T11:54:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T09:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=18466"},"modified":"2021-08-03T11:54:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T09:54:28","slug":"six-years-from-the-ratification-of-the-special-court-first-indictments-on-former-kla-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/six-years-from-the-ratification-of-the-special-court-first-indictments-on-former-kla-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Six years from the ratification of the Special Court; first indictments on former KLA officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six years ago on this day, Kosovo\u2019s lawmakers voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that paved the way to the establishment of the Special Court.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, it was the opposition that raised its voice against the Special Court, calling it \u201cunfair\u201d, \u201cselective\u201d, and that it \u201cundermined the country&#8217;s sovereignty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The government admitted to some extent that voting had been \u201cunjust\u201d, although describing the court as something \u201cnecessary in order to remove all doubts on the crimes committed by Kosovo\u2019s Liberation Army\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Kosovo Special Chambers has already indicted several former top war officials, including ex-president Hashim Tha\u00e7i, two former speakers of the Assembly Kadri Veseli and Jakup Krasniqi, as well as the former spokesperson of the army, Rexhep Selimi.<\/p>\n<p>The Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor&#8217;s Office are a part of Kosovo\u2019s justice system but are based at the Hague and its staff are all citizens of either an EU member state or one of the five non-EU contributing countries: Canada, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/07\/23\/two-states-offer-guarantee-for-thacis-release-says-defense-of-former-president\/\">\u201cTwo states offer guarantee for Thaci\u2019s release\u201d, says defense of former President<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2020\/11\/27\/the-mandate-of-the-spo-shall-continue-until-notification-by-eu-council-says-latest-statement\/\">The mandate of the SPO shall continue until notification by EU Council, says latest statement<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2020\/11\/09\/criminal-process-at-the-hague-begins-for-kosovo-s-former-president-hashim-thaci\/\">Criminal process at The Hague begins for Kosovo\u2019s former president Hashim Tha\u00e7i<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six years ago on this day, Kosovo\u2019s lawmakers voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that paved the way to the establishment of the Special Court. 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