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By passing amendments to the Law on the Specialist Chambers, Kosovo’s parliament has taken the wrong approach to supporting former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders sentenced by the Hague-based court in September.
Following the war crimes convictions of former KLA leaders in The Hague, Kosovo’s assembly passed a bill attempting to curb the court’s powers. The bill now returns to the assembly for reconsideration.
Kosovo law makes clear that women and men inherit equally, yet in many cases, only men inherit, while women are still cut out.
MPs in first reading adopt major changes to law governing the Hague-based war crimes court following conviction of former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders – although enforcement requires second vote.
Kosovo authorities launched an information campaign on the traffic and foreigners legal framework before full enforcement in mid-March of laws that Serbia considers “institutional pressure” against Kosovo Serbs.