Criminal Responsibility
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers can only hold accountable individuals alleged to have planned, instigated, ordered, committed, or otherwise…
The Conflict and the Crimes: Part II
The second part of the blog explains crimes against humanity and war crimes, as well as their elements, in theory (international criminal law) and in practice (court proceedings against Hashim Thaci and others).
The Conflict and the Crimes: Part I
The basics of the Hashim Thaçi et al. Trial
The war crimes trial of the former Prime Minister and President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, began on 3 April 2023 at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, Netherlands. The former politician, who served as the President of Kosovo from 2016 until his resignation in November 2020, was indicted in June 2020 for war crimes, crimes against humanity…