5 minutes agoMissing family members prepare to sue Serbia in Strasbourg
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)Family members who have lost loved ones are preparing to sue the Serbian state at the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg, as soon as Kosovo becomes a member of the Council of Europe. President Osmani, government Office for theless and War Crimes Institute encourage citizens to do [...]
Lutfia's brother Dr. Adams continues to be among the missing by force for 25 years now. Family members have always wanted to know about his fate, but they neither find his bones nor know his grave.
For 25 years we live in the hope that we will find our family”, said Lutfije Ademi Vokshi.
The Lutfije family has remained in a hope to sue the Serbian state at the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg, the moment Kosovo is joined by the Council of Europe.
“We family look forward to the positive outcome of Kosovo being accepted into the KiE and I believe that every family like me will file the indictment individually, but I also wanted Kosovo's institutions to file lawsuits, so that we can be as strong as possible, to raise the voices as high as Serbia gets the punishment deserved for the crimes it has committed in Kosovo”, she added.
Family members also have support from President Vjosa Osmani. “From KiE membership benefits all our citizens, but most benefit the families that have been denied justice for 25 years now”, the president said.
The head of the Government Commission for Missing Persons, Andy Hoti, says that as a state, there are other procedures that should be followed to the indictment against Serbia for genocide.
“I call on all those who are directly or indirectly affected by the 98-99 war in any way that they can prepare and begin to find the opportunity for their indictments against the Serbian state because I think we're late and it's time to take responsibility for what has done to these crimes, where someone must face justice. Those who committed these crimes must certainly be in prison”, Hoti said.
The Institute for Crime committed during the war in Kosovo is preparing to collect as much evidence as possible. All those acts, individuals, institutions that have so far managed to collect materials that document crimes committed during the war, must deliver from a copy even to the institute, which will then be completed on the part of the institution”, Attem said.
According to ombudsman data, only 45 people have so far been convicted of crimes committed during the war in Kosovo.
