What will accept Danish prisoners bring to Kosovo?

As this decision prompted reactions from numerous organisations that worry about the human rights of Danish prisoners, the question remains about what this form of “turism of prisons” will bring to Kosovo.

Kosovo's Assembly at its session with 86 votes for and seven against the bill on agreement with Denmark. Similarly, the Government of Kosovo has adopted the Bill for Ratification of the Agreement between Kosovo and Denmark, which envisions the exploitation of the criminal institution in Gjilan for executing the sentences of Danish citizens, for which Denmark will allocate 200m euros.

Economy Minister Artane Rizvanolli said Kosovo will earn 15m euros in fixed fees annually from this agreement.

According to the Treaty, Denmark will not send to Kosovo prisoners convicted of terrorist acts, war crimes and prisoners with serious mental disorders diagnosed who seek medical attention outside the prison. The contract envisions the sentence being carried out according to Danish rules and in line with Denmark's international obligations.

Denmark's action inspired other lands. Belgian MP Theo Franken, a member of the conservative nationalist New Alliance, has promised that after the elections in his country, he will rent a prison in Kosovo for all illegal immigrants currently located in Belgium.

“After the elections we will build or rent a prison in Kosovo to house all this illegal waste, it costs a penny, but it will make our country safer, it wrote Franken on the social network <x1X”.

His proposal is for all prisoners who do not have Belgian letters to move to Kosovo, regardless of whether they are its citizens.

All people who do not have letters will be sent to Kosovo. If Danish Socialists can do this, so can we, because we are both European countries,” explained Franken on Twitter for RTL.

The Austrians went one step further. In early May, Interior Minister Gerhard Carrer discussed the matter with Denmark's Justice Minister Peter Humelgaard.

Prison plants, such as those planned by Denmark in Kosovo, are also part of Austrian Chancellor Carl Necmer”'s plan, carder underlined.

In January, Nehamer introduced “Plan to Austria”, which at the security point contains “the transfer of criminals sentenced by third countries to serve the sentence in third places”.

While European countries are planning to resolve their urgent problems with immigrants through Kosovo, a number of human rights organisations and legal experts, however, believe that in Kosovo it is not possible to observe and implement laws that are implemented in Denmark. Among them is the UN Committee against Torture (CAT), which called on the Danish government to cancel its plans.

The World Anti - Torture Organization also strongly criticised the agreement.

“Dianmarca is a key player at the international level when it comes to fighting for human rights and the fundamental right to protection. They have the opportunity to set a good example for the rest of the world, but now they are leading by the worst example”, says Helena Sola Martin, a political adviser to the organisation.