Salih Mustafa's trial, victim defender seeks trust fund for victims

It has said the current legislation excludes several groups of victims.

“Tw call on the Government of Kosovo if someone listens to us and the international community to ensure that the victims can realise their right to damage. We have in mind the government's recent initiative to work around a strategy of passing justice, as we have made clear in our opening statement today. Current legislation and the possibilities for receiving war crimes damages exclude some groups of victims, exclude those we talk about. A trust fund for the victims would ensure realisation of the demands of crime victims reviewed in front of Kosovo's Specialised Chambers would be a significant step. We understand that this requires political will and the support of the international and Kosovo community”, Pjes said.

It has also officially asked the court to include a decision on the extent and extent of the damage, loss and injury of the victims, and each victim must have the right to damage.

We demand that the court order individual damage to the victims, this especially concerns direct victims of torture whose lives have been destroyed forever, all of these victims deserve individual compensation for the suffering they have suffered, any possible collective damage must be met with personal damage”, she said.

The defense of the victims has said it will contribute to describing the degree of impact of crimes through questions it will ask the victims who will be witnesses.

The judge has announced that the court will hear testimony from two SPS witnesses from September 20th to Tuesday, September 28th, 2021.

The first court hearing against Salih Mustafa will continue in the afternoon, where one of the issues discussed will be part of the closed session.