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70 Kosovo: Time for EULEX to prioritize war crimes Protection of witnesses as a cornerstone for justice and reconciliation in the Balkans, paras.128, 135. http://assembly.coe.int/Mainf.asp?link=/Documents/AdoptedText/ta11/ERES1784.htm ; OSCE Mission in Kosovo and US Office in Kosovo, Witness security and protection in Kosovo: assessment and recommendations, November 2007, http://www.osce.org/kosovo/49124; Human Rights Committee, CCPR/C/UNK/CO/1, para. 12; see for example, European Commission, Brussels, 12.10.2011, SEC(2011) 1207 final, Commission Staff Working Paper, Kosovo* 2011 Progress Report, p. 59, http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2011/package/ks_rapport_2011_en.pdf; HLC- Kosovo, Trials for Ethnically and Politically Motivated Crimes in Kosovo in 2010, p. 117, 118 Amnesty International interview with EULEX official, October 2011. 119 OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Department of Human Rights and Communities, Kosovo’s War Crimes Trials: An Assessment Ten Years On, 1999 – 2009, May 2010, p. 26. http://www.osce.org/kosovo/68569; see also previous OSCE reports, Review of the Criminal Justice System (March 2002 – April 2003). http://www.osce.org/documents/mik/2003/05/859_en.pdf; Witness Security and Protection in Kosovo: Assessment and Recommendations (November 2007), http://www.osce.org/documents/cio/2007/11/27752_en.pdf 120 Osman Zyberaj Case, Trials for Ethnically and Politically Motivated Crimes and War Crimes in Kosovo in 2010, Humanitarian Law Centre, Kosovo, February 2011, pp.114-116. 121 http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Hronika/272735/Svedok-protiv-Haradinaja-Ne-mogu-da-govorim-srecan-sam- sto-sam-ziv (trans.“Proceedings against Haradinaj: I can’t speak, I’m [just] happy to be alive”). See also http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/haradinaj-s-retrial-postponed-on-monday, 20 August 2011 122 http://www.icty.org/sid/10808 123 http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Hronika/273049/Beograd-po-nalogu-Tribunala-stopirao-istrage-o-Haradinaju, 124 OSCE LSMS, Review of the Criminal Justice System in Kosovo, 2006, pp.14-15, www.osce.org/documents/mik/2006/12/22703_en.pdf 125 Amnesty International interviews with individual members of NGOs. 126 EULEX's de Marnhac: freedom of movement is a must,17 December 2011, http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2011/12/17/feature-01 127 PACE, Protection of witnesses. 128 http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/trial-against-kla-members-sabit-geci-and-riza-alija-begins 129 PACE, Protection of witnesses, para. 134. 130 Explanatory Memorandum of 4 November 2011, http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmeuleg/428-xli/42818.htm 131 Amnesty International interview, CPCC official, July 2011. 132 2011-27, 14/11/2011, Family of Agim Zogaj, The alleged failure of EULEX to protect a witness, Under translation – http://www.hrrp.eu/Pending.php; site last updated 21 December 2011. 133 http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/salustro-refuses-to-testify-on-limaj-s-case 134 http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/limaj-released-from-detention Amnesty International April 2012 Index: EUR 70/004/2012
Kosovo: Time for EULEX to prioritize war crimes 71 135 http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc10/EDOC12440.pdf, see in particular para.127. 136 PACE, Protection of witnesses. 137 PACE, Protection of witnesses, para. 155. 138 Amnesty International interview with SPRK prosecutor, October 2011. 139 University of Essex, Access to Justice in Kosovo, Report, Conference, June 2011 p. 11, http://www.essex.ac.uk/human_rights_centre/practice/conferences/ACCESS_TO_JUSTICE_IN_KOSOVO[1] .pdf. 140 http://www.eulex-kosovo.eu/en/info/whatisEulex.php 141 Amnesty International interview with SPRK prosecutor, October 2011. 142 Gregory L. Naarden and Jeffrey B. Locke, “Note And Comment: Peacekeeping And Prosecutorial Policy: Lessons From Kosovo”, p. 743. 143 EULEX Programme Report, 2011, p.37, http://www.eulex- kosovo.eu/docs/tracking/EULEX%20ProgrammeReport%202011.pdf 144 EULEX Programme Report, 2010, p. 31, http://www.eulex- kosovo.eu/docs/tracking/EULEX%20Programme%20Report%202010%20.pdf 145 EULEX Justice spokeswoman, quoted in http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/leaked-memo-slams- kosovo-pm-s-interference-in-judiciary, 4 June 2010. 146 Kosovo Institute for Policy Research and Development (KIPRED), The Inseparable Power. An analysis of the independence of the judiciary in Kosovo, September 2011, pp. 32-4, http://www.kipred.net/web/upload/Inseparable_power_ENG_final.pdf 147 EULEX Programme Report 2010, p. 32. 148 OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Independence of the Judiciary in Kosovo: Institutional and Functional Dimensions, January 2012, http://www.osce.org/kosovo/87138 149 http://www.kipred.net/web/upload/ACCESS_TO_JUSTICE_IN_KOSOVO.pdf 150 “Justice in Kosovo”, Newsletter 3, November 2010. 151 OSCE, Independence of the Judiciary in Kosovo, p.17. 152 “Kosovo judiciary endures threats”, http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2012/02/07/feature-02 153 Marty report, paras 14-15. http://assembly.coe.int/CommitteeDocs/2010/20101218_ajdoc462010provamended.pdf 154 http://lajme.shqiperia.com/lajme/artikull/iden/1047206720/titulli/Gjykata-i-shpall-te-papranueshme- deshmite-ne-procesin-kunder-Fatmir-Limajt http://www.fishmedia.info/lajme/kuqi-limajtje-i-mirseardhur/, Amnesty International translations. 155 RTK TV, Pristina, in Albanian 1830 gmt 17 Mar 11, BBC Mon EU1 EuroPol gh/dz 156 RTK TV, Pristina, in Albanian 1830 gmt 16 Mar 11, BBC Mon EU1 EuroPol gh/dz Index: EUR 70/004/2012 Amnesty International April 2012
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