8 minutes agoTrial in absentia not supported by Fund for Humanitarian Law, considered violation of defendants
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Tens of subjects have been handed over to the Prosecutor only during 2018 by the family of war victims. But prosecution of suspects has been impossible because the Criminal Procedure Code does not allow trial in absence, KTV reports. Despite this, this Hill has been changed and passed on several parliamentary commissions, but it has now been enabled to judge [...]
Tens of subjects have been handed over to the Prosecutor only during 2018 by the family of war victims.
But prosecution of suspects has been impossible because the Criminal Procedure Code does not allow trial in absence, KTV reports.
Despite this, this Cod has been changed and passed on several parliamentary commissions, but now judgment has been enabled in absentia.
On Monday, they voted on the Commission for European Integration.
But, Bekim Blakaj, director of the Humanitarian Law Fund, disagrees with this change, since, according to him, judgment in lack violates the rights to protect the defendants.
While this amendment proposal is backed by Special Prosecutor Drita Hajdari, who says judgment in absence is necessary in a situation where most war criminals are outside Kosovo.
Hajdari explains that judgment in absentia occurs after all legal opportunities have been exhausted to ensure the defendant's physical presence in the procedure. /Time.net
