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Press release 17.09.2026

Judgment against Former KLA Leaders

On 16 September 2026, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers delivered its trial judgment finding Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi guilty of the war crimes of unlawful or arbitr...

Press release 27.12.2024

The First Verdict in Absence for War Crimes in Judicial Practice in Kosovo: A New Precedent and Challenges for Justice

The verdict announced on December 26, 2024, by the Special Department of the Basic Court in Prishtina/Priština against Čedomir Aksić, who was sentenced to fifteen (15) ...

Press release 06.02.2024

Kosovo Serb acquitted of war crimes in Kamenicë/Kamenica

On February 5, 2024, the Trial Panel of the Special Department of the Basic Court in Prishtinë/Priština issued acquittal verdict against the accused Zlatan Arsić regard...

Press release 02.02.2024

Serb Duško Arsić sentenced to 13 years in prison for war crimes in Kosovo

On February 2, 2024, the Trial Panel of the Special Department of the Basic Court in Pristina pronounced the verdict against the accused Duško Arsić, declaring him guilty of war crimes against the ...

Press release 25.07.2023

The Humanitarian Law Center Kosovo (HLCK) expresses its regret for the removal of the memorial stone of Mother Pashke Markaj in Korenica

This stone was placed in 2004, as a form of memorialization for the tragic event of self-sacrifice of mother Pashke, who burned herself after burying her two sons who went missing on 27 April 1999...

Press release 07.04.2023

Reparation Order for victims of war crimes, issued by KSC

On April 6, 2023, in the court session in the case Prosecutor against Salih Mustafa, the Trial Panel of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) issued a court reparation o...

Press release 31.03.2023

HLCK publishes 2022 Annual Report: “War Crimes Trials: No visible progress”

On March 30, 2023, Humanitarian Law Center Kosovo (HLCK) published the Annual Report on monitoring war crime trials in Kosovo for 2022, entitled “War crimes trials:...

Press release 20.03.2023

Deaths and disappearances in Skënderaj/Srbica on the day of departure of the OSCE KVM, 20 March 1999

According to the orders of the Joint Command for Kosovo and Metohija, dated 19 March 1999, units of the 125th Motorised Brigade of the VJ, one PJP company from Užice, and units of the 37th Motorise...

Press release 16.12.2022

The first verdict on war crimes by the Specialized Chambers of Kosovo

On December 16, 2022, the court panel of the Kosovo Specialized Chambers announced the first verdict for war crimes against Salih Mustafa, who during the war was the co...

Press release 09.09.2022

A Kosovo Serb is convicted of war crimes in the village of Bellopojë/Belo Polje

On September 8, 2022, the Basic Court in Pristina announced the first instance verdict, sentencing defendant Svetomir Bačević with five (5) years of imprisonment for war crimes against the civilian...

Press release 14.06.2022

Humanitarian Law Center Kosovo and EU present the guidebook “Towards A National Strategy for Transitional Justice in Kosovo”

PRISTINA, 13 June 2022 - The Humanitarian Law Center Kosovo (HLCK), joined by the EU and Kosovo Ministry of Justice, presented today in Pristina its guidebook titled “Towards ...

Press release 18.05.2022

The first judgment of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers

On 18 May 2022, the trial panel chaired by Judge Charles L. Smith III of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers delivered the judgment in the case of Specialist ...