Kosovo Liberation Army

Kosovo War - Installation in honor of the victims of the KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army)

Kosovo

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers orders reparations, but will victims ever see the money?

4 May 2023 by Molly Quell

Last month, Salih Mustafa was ordered to pay more than 200,000 euros to his victims for the suffering he allegedly inflicted during Kosovo’s fight for independence. But the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) prison officer has be [...]

Pjetër Shala's initial appearance befor the Kosovo Specialis Chambers (KSC) In The Hague, on 19 April, 2021.

Kosovo

Trial of ex-KLA member Pjetër Shala starts in The Hague

21 February 2023 by Molly Quell

Nicknamed “Commander Wolf”, Pjetër Shala’s name has come up before both the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the European Union’s rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, without deeming it necessa [...]

Hysni Gucati and Nasim Haradinaj stand before the Kosovo Specialized Chambers

Kosovo

Kosovo: two KLA veterans jailed for “witness intimidation”

20 May 2022 by Molly Quell

On Wednesday 18 May, the Kosovo special court based in The Hague decided to strongly sanction two former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) for “obstruction of justice” and “witness intimidation”. At the origin of this ca [...]

Salih Mustapha in the dock of the accused

Kosovo

Kosovo Chambers: battle for legitimacy at the opening of first trial

17 September 2021 by Stephanie van den Berg

The first trial of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers opened on September 15 against a Kosovo Liberation Army prison officer, Salih Mustafa, with a lengthy plea from US prosecutor Jack Smith – to defend its legitimacy to target “ [...]

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