Kryeziu: The practice of collective punishments exists in international courts

KDI Director Ismet Kryeziu has said that even in the highest international courts, including The Hague tribunal, there is no practice of collective sentences.

According to him, even in the most serious cases, such as genocide in Srebrenica, any request for condemnation and each accused has been assessed individually based on each person's roles, decisions, and actions.

“No one was convicted “in the block”, even though they were all part of a command structure that organised the genocide”, he said.

“The prosecution's request at the Special Court that the four accused be punished “in the bloc” to 45 years in prison is scandalous for justice standards. This is a political requirement for collective punishment, rather than a judicial requirement for justice”, Kryeziu wrote on Facebook.