6 minutes agoSpecial Attorney: How Serbs who committed rapes during Kosovo war will be caught
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)The Special Prosecutor in Kosovo, Ilir Morina, has discovered the processes launched for establishing justice in terms of sexual violence during the war, where data provided by organisations speaks of about 20 thousand cases. Morina for Euronewsal, says that although late, some parallel investigations have already been launched that are in particular investigating [...]
The Special Prosecutor in Kosovo, Ilir Morina, has discovered the processes launched for establishing justice in terms of sexual violence during the war, where data provided by organisations speaks of about 20 thousand cases.
Morina for Euronews, says that although late, several parallel investigations have already been launched, which are in particular investigating several events involving former police and paramilitary forces of the former Yugoslavia.
Vulnerability is of different natures. We cannot take responsibility as local institutions until June 2018 because it was the mandate of other international institutions. The moment we received the mandate we did our best to reach this outcome that we are now. We set up during 2023 four acts of absence and an indictment in the presence of the person. The year 2023 marks the most successful year of judicial jurisdiction in Kosovo after the first time, the Supreme Court of Kosovo confirms and confirms with final decision an act of prejudice against a person convicted of criminal acts “sexual slaves as a war crime”.
“The other challenge is the lack of defendants, since so far we have not had the right to file an indictment if the defendant is not present. This new procedural principle went into effect in February 2023 and we're talking about a one-year-old period that has enabled us now to investigate cases, and to build cases of an act-of-case whether the defendant is present”, Ilir Morina said.
For him, for over two decades, many survivors of sexual violence have been silent as a result of a number of factors between shame, stigma, or prejudice, making the work of justice difficult.
According to official data, 1,048 people have received the status of victim of sexual violence during the war, since the government commission has begun working, more than three years ago.
In July 2021, the Constitutional Court in Pristina has pronounced the first sentence for committing sexual violence during the war in Kosovo.
Former Serbian police officer Zoran Vukotic has been sentenced to ten years in prison.
