Another month for Kosovo courts to put Serbs through justice institutions

In the Kosovo Judiciary Council and the Prosecutorial Council, they say that even though they are prepared for implementation of the agreement, they do not know whether the agreement will start to be implemented at this date, which envisions Serbian judges and prosecutors integrated into the Kosovo justice system.

The justice agreement reached in Brussels in 2015, after several delays, is finally expected to begin to apply in practice. The implementation of the agreement, which envisions Serbian judges and prosecutors being integrated into the Kosovo justice system, is expected to happen in October of this year. So the president of Kosovo and Serbia recently agreed.

Kosovo Judiciary Council chief Nehat Idrizi, hoping that the agreement will begin to apply in practice, says the Kosovo Judiciary Council has long been prepared for starting work even in the north.

The “Since now the two presidents -- the one of Kosovo and Serbia -- have pledged in Brussels that the implementation of the agreement would begin next month, October 17th, we are hoping that the implementation of this agreement will finally begin. We have been prepared for implementation of the deal to begin in January, but it did not happen. But we hope that” will now begin, Idrizi claimed Radio Kosovo. Kosovo Prosecutorial Council chief Blerim Isufaj told Radio Kosovo they are ready for implementation of the agreement, as they have secured the facility and recruited the staff. Isufaj says the start of implementing the agreement depends directly on the will of Serbian judges and prosecutors.

There is also civil society at the beginning of the agreement. Ehat Miftaraj, from the Kosovo Institute for Justice, says Kosovo has not yet met the conditions for 17 October to begin implementing the agreement.

“We believe there will be delays, because for the very fact that we are now in the month of September, and we still do not have the decree of Serbian judges and prosecutors in the first place, then it concludes that even this deadline will be delayed. ”

In the Kosovo Judiciary Council and the Prosecutorial Council, the integration of Serbian judges and prosecutors into the Kosovo justice system would be a very important step for the country. With the start of implementation of the justice agreement, Serbian courts and prosecutors in Kosovo will be eliminated, which since the post-war act illegally