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3 August 2015 · The postwar period and legacy

The establishment of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers

On 3 August 2015 the Assembly of Kosovo adopted a constitutional amendment and Law No. 05/L-053 on the Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor's Office, Kosovo judicial institutions with international staff seated in The Hague.
Evidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.After June 1999JusticePostwar
Brick building covered in ivy with orange awnings over the windows.
The former Europol headquarters in The Hague, the building designated as seat of the relocated specialist judicial institution for Kosovo. Photograph taken in 2010.Photo: DennisHH · 2010-08-14 · Domen publik (Public domain)

Their temporal jurisdiction covers crimes committed from 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2000 relating to the Council of Europe report of 7 January 2011 and the investigations of the EU Special Investigative Task Force. The Chambers became judicially operational in July 2017 [1] [2] [3].

Sources

  1. [1]Kuvendi i Republikës së Kosovës. Law No. 05/L-053 on Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor's Office. 2015-08-03. https://www.scp-ks.org/sites/default/files/public/05-l-053_a.pdf. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. [2]Dhomat e Specializuara të Kosovës. The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in a Nutshell. 2022-08. https://www.scp-ks.org/sites/default/files/public/content/220819_ksc_in_a_nutshell_a5_eng_online.pdf. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. [3]Human Rights Watch. Kosovo: Special Court Step Toward Justice. 2015-08-04. https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/08/04/kosovo-special-court-step-toward-justice. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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