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(5 years ago)The judicial framework over which 24 hectares of land and forest belong to <x0). In 2016, Kosovo's Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of the Decani Monastery, but it has not been implemented, although the Constitutional Court's rulings [...]
In 2016, Kosovo's Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of the Decani Monastery, but it has not been implemented, although the Constitutional Court's decisions are final and binding on all sides.
For years now, the international community has called on Kosovo institutions to implement this Constitutional Court decision and allow the Monastery to register land in the cadastra.
The Decani Monastery also has a dispute with local authorities in Decani, which has to do with the construction of the main Decani Street Plav.
Works for the construction of this road are under way through the protection zone of the monasteries, and they have been interrupted several times at the request of the Government of Kosovo or the international community.
20 MY 2016
Kosovo's Constitutional Court issues the verdict that the Decani Monastery is the owner of 24 hectares of land and forest. It rejects the Kosovo Supreme Court Special Chamber of Appeals College's decision in 2015 to return the course to the Constitutional Court in Decani. The Constitutional Court also stipulates that the previous Supreme Court ruling from 2012, which confirmed the right to ownership of the Monastery on Land in Conflict, is “res Judicata” (powerful ruling).
21 May 2016
Social companies “Apico” and “Iliria” apply to the Constitutional Court of Kosovo for the assessment of “legality and constitutionality”, respectively, for “anulim” and “revoting” of the Constitutional Court decision that the Decani Monastery is the owner of 24 hectares and forests. They claim the decision is “illegal and unconstitutional”.
JUNE 20
Historians and local authorities in Decani hold protests against the Constitutional Court's decision, which confirmed that the Decani Monastery is the owner of 24 hectares of land and forest. They consider the property belongs to social companies “Apico” and “iliria”, that it was never of the monastery, and that the Constitutional Court legalised Slobodan Milosevic's decision from 1997, when it decided to donate property to the monasteries. At the same time, the Serbian Orthodox Church has voiced hope that the Constitutional Court's decision will be respected.
31 October 2016
The Constitutional Court of Kosovo issues “The Decision for Unacceptability” regarding the requirements for the assessment of “legality and constitutionality”, which have been submitted by social companies “Apico” and “The Constitutional Court stresses that “such judicial action is not allowed or authorized in any way, with no provision of the Constitution, Law or Labour Order”. It is estimated that the Constitutional Court cannot assess, abolish, review and revote its final decisions.
20 April 2017
The European Union expresses concern that the Constitutional Court's decision regarding the ownership of the Decani Monastery is not being implemented. On the other hand, the Kosovo Historians' Association, the Decan branch, gives the ultimatum to the Government of Kosovo until April 21st to be included in resolving this issue, on the contrary, in light of dissatisfaction with the work of local institutions, will block the road leading to Manastir. The Kosovo government orders that the Constitutional Court's decision should be implemented and that there is no going back.
26 May 2018
Work continues on the Decan Street construction Plava, which began in 2014 and took place near the Decani Monastery. Serbian Orthodox Church opposes building this road because “it threatens one of U's most important monuments NESTO in the Balkans ? Decani Monastery” The Decan Plav Street passes through an area protected by law since 2008, with the goal of protecting Serb Orthodox monasteries, churches and religious sites in Kosovo.
27 May 2018
At the request of the international community, Kosovo authorities suspend the work for the construction of Decan Plav Street through the protected zone near the Decani Monastery.
14 AUGUST 2020
Work on the Decan Plav road continues, strongly opposed by the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo.
AUGUST 16, 2020
Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti wants to stop construction work on the Decan Plav road, which particularly affects the Decani Monastery area. The same day, the commander of NATO's military mission in Kosovo (KFOR), General Mitchell Reese, visits the protected area around the Decani Monastery. He talks with Decani Community Chairman Bashkim Ramosaj, and the Igumen of the Decani Monastery, Sava Janjaq, about finding solutions to the construction of Decan lav Street.
12 WRITER IN November 2020
The Council for Implementation and Monitoring, consisting of representatives of the Government of Kosovo, the Serbian Orthodox Church and the international community, approves an agreement to build a <x0-bypass-i” around the protected zone near the Decani Monastery, with which the dispute is resolved about the construction of the magic road at the Decan Plav relocation.
19 May 2021
In a joint media communiqué, ambassadors of the United States, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom in Kosovo (Quint countries) ask the new government of Kosovo to respect the 2016 Constitutional Court's decision, under which 24 hectares belong to the Decani Monastery.
20 May 2021
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti calls for dialogue with representatives of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo. In his letter to Igumen of the Decani Monastery, he expresses his desire to visit the monastery. From the Diocesa of Raska and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church, they say the talks can only be held when the Constitutional Court's decision by 2016 is implemented, under which 24 hectares of land belong to the Decani Monastery.
24 SEPTEMBER 2021
Kosovo's Constitutional Court issues the “Decision for non-execution of the verdict”, where it says its 2016 ruling has not been executed. The decision is that the Decani Monastery is the owner of over 24 hectares of land and forest. In that decision, the Constitutional Court stresses that it has no jurisdiction to assess responsibility for the non-execution of a Court decision by responsible bodies, but that such an assessment belongs to the State Prosecutor, in accordance with the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kosovo.
31 October 2021
The rapporteur for Kosovo in the European Parliament, Violet Von Crammon, says that “tolerance and mutual respect are the essence of a multiethnic society”. Through a post in its Twitter account, it calls on the Government of Kosovo to implement the Constitutional Court's decision because “sundation of the law means equal treatment of all”.
1 November 2021
Germany's ambassador to Kosovo, Jorn Rohde, writes in his Twitter account that it fully agrees with the declaration that implementation of the Kosovo Constitutional Court's decision from 2016 is being delayed. “The arbitrary implementation of the rule of law is not the way ahead of”, writes Rohde, responding in the statement published by Violet Von Cremon, reporting on Kosovo in the European Parliament.
1 November 2021
The Diocese of Raska and Prizren in Gracanica, this Serb-run municipality, in the vicinity of Pristina, says the Serbian Orthodox Church expects Kosovo authorities to implement the Constitutional Court's decision in 2016, confirming ownership of 24 hectares of land and forest for the Decani Monastery.
30 November 2021
The Quint States voice their concern over the failure to implement the decision on the land of the Decani Monastery, saying that disrespecting the Constitutional Court ruling undermines the Kosovo Government's pledge to implement rule of law and respect the independent judiciary.
The implementation of these decisions presents fundamental democratic responsibilities necessary for Kosovo's democratic consolidation and future Euro-Atlantic integration”, said the joint response of ambassadors of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. Quint invites the Government of Kosovo to put political differences aside, and “embraced its democratic responsibilities”, as well as “it fully implements all decisions of the” Court.
