Shkarko - Gjykata Kushtetuese

Foreword by the President of the Constitutional Court Prof.
Dr. Enver Hasani
It falls to me again to present the Annual Report of the Constitutional Court of the Republic
of Kosovo for the year 2011. This report follows on the previous Reports for 2009 and 2010.
Again, I am happy to inform the public that the Constitutional Court had another successful
year and it has gone from strength to strength building trust in the minds of the public. This
success is due again to the dedicated work of my fellow Judges, the Secretary General and
the other members of staff of the Court. I wish to extend my thanks to all of them for their
continuing support and efforts that have led to the continued success of the Court.
During 2011 the Judges of the Constitutional Court continued to undertake official visits to
the Courts of other countries with the intention of broadening the experience of the Court
and to build bridges to the Judges and officials of those Courts. This will lead, no doubt, to
the expansion of the ability of the Court to deal with the greater challenges that it will face in
time. The countries that were visited in 2011 included Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia,
Netherlands-Hague, Ireland, and Sweden.
A number of important decisions were made by the Constitutional Court during the year. It
deliberated upon the first referral submitted by the Office of the Ombudsman of Kosovo and
for the first time the Court decided that parts of certain Laws passed by the Assembly of
Kosovo were inconsistent with the Constitution. This was done pursuant to the
Constitutional Court’s mandate, under Article 112, as the final authority for the
interpretation of the Constitution of Kosovo and the compatibility of laws with the
Constitution.
The number and variety of other Referrals dealt with by the Constitutional Court and the
work of the Directorates of the Court are set out in the body of the Report.
The second solemn inauguration of the new Judicial Year occurred on 20 October 2011. This
year the Presidents or Deputy Presidents of the Constitutional Courts of Albania, Croatia,
Slovenia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey and Portugal attended the Ceremony.
The key note speaker at the inauguration was the President of the Constitutional Court of the
Republic of Croatia, Prof. Dr. Jasna Omejec and the Vice - President of the Constitutional
Court of the Republic of Slovenia Mag. Miroslav Mozetič.
The work of the Court could not be conducted in the efficient manner that it is conducted
without the help and support of a great number of bodies. In particular I would like to
acknowledge the invaluable assistance give to the Court by the East West Management
Institute (EWMI), the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID),
the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Civilian
Office (ICO), the Legal Reform Project of the Deutsche Gesellschaft füer internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the
German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ Foundation).
The Constitutional Court will remain committed to providing the Republic of Kosovo and its
citizens a trusted and expertly managed forum for the resolution of Referrals lawfully made
to it.
Prof. Dr. Enver Hasani
President of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo
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