It's a shame that the internet is a virtual medium, because there are a lot of people out there that I'd like to express my deep feelings of friendship to, and having spent the last two years here in Serbia, I'd like to do it in a truly Serbian way.
Kosovo Courts 'Should be Restored in North'
| 12 May 2008 |
The aftermath of the March 17 clashes
Courts in the Serb-dominated parts of northern Kosovo have been left in a legal blackhole since the proclamation of independence by Pristina’s ethnic Albanian majority on February 17.
On March 17, the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, which has been running Kosovo since 1999, was forced to seize a courthouse taken by Serb employees just days earlier, in a bid to bring it under Belgrade’s control.
The move led to clashes in which a UN police officer was killed and more than 150 people injured.
“This allows for the violation of positive laws, especially Article 6 of the European Convention on Fundamental Rights of and Freedoms,” the statement says.
“The Steering Council of the Kosovo Judges’ Association urges all local and international players to urgently enable the normal functioning of the judiciary in this region and enable all employees of those courts to return to their working places to carry out their obligations according to the constitution and the laws.”
