Prosecutor Explains Serbian Arrested Under War Crimes Suspects

The Constitutional Court in Pristina, the Special Department of Procedure Act, has ruled concerning Kosovo's Special Prosecutor's request for the appointment of a month-long detention measure against Serbian citizens N.A.

He is suspected that in co-ordination with others, he committed criminal war crimes against the civilian population of 142 over Article 22 of the former Yugoslavia Penal Code, penalised as criminal acts of war crimes in serious violations of international laws and customs that apply in the armed conflict by Article 145 paragraphs 1 under paragraph 1.2 and paragraph 2 under paragraph 2.1, 2.8, 2.13 and 2,221 and 2,21, and the criminal work of war in serious violation of the Geneva Convention from us 144 paragraphs 1 paragraph 1, paragraph 1, and 2 paragraph 2,2, 2,21 and 2.7 with a link to the 2,73th Penal Code of Kosovo.

The court after examining all the subject documents and hearing the party's claims has come to the conclusion that the Special Prosecutor's request for the appointment of the detention measure against indictees N.A is based.

The court estimated that there are legal reasons for the appointment of Article 187 paragraphs 1 under paragraph 1.1 of 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 of the KPPRK, because there is the doubt that the defendant has committed the criminal work he suspected of.

The N.A. defendant is a citizen of both the Republic of Serbia and has residence outside Kosovo, in the city of Nis, respectively, and there is real danger that the same could or would avoid prosecution.

Against this ruling the side is entitled to complaint at the Kosovo Court of Appeals.