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American Professor: The Special Court has failed to deliver justice for Kosovo

Politiko 2026-05-12 16:03:17

American Professor: The Special Court has failed to deliver justice for Kosovo

Renowned American professor Daniel Serwer has raised serious concerns about the functioning of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague.

He now refers to the preliminary report published by the Kosovo Ombudsman on the Specialist Chambers, prepared by the Human Rights Committee of the Bar of England and Wales (BHRC).

According to Serwer, the report raises serious questions in several key areas, including: provisional release; the right to a competent, independent and impartial court established by law; the admissibility of evidence, especially that provided by the Serbian government; the principle of equality of arms between the prosecution and the defense, and the principle of legality.

Serwer emphasizes that the report does not directly state that a court that has cost the international community hundreds of millions of euros has failed to deliver justice that meets the standards demanded by the citizens of Kosovo.

"What is not being said is that a court costing the international community several hundred million euros has failed to deliver justice that meets the standards demanded by the people of Kosovo. The solution to this is unclear to me. But the conviction and further imprisonment will not improve the reputation of international justice anywhere but in Serbia ," Serwer wrote.

The report, according to him, refers to the standards of the Constitution of Kosovo and the European Court of Human Rights, also warning of the possible impact on the "still fragile architecture of peace and stability in the region."

 

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