Kosovo Specialist Chambers

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The Kosovo Specialist Chambers is a Hague-based court established to investigate and prosecute serious crimes, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, allegedly committed during and after the Kosovo conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hybrid court
internationalized criminal court
abbreviation KSC
alsoKnownAs Kosovo Specialist Chambers
surface form: Kosovo Specialist Court

Specialist Chambers for Kosovo
appliesLaw Kosovo law
customary international humanitarian law
international human rights law standards
co-locatedWith Specialist Prosecutor’s Office
cooperatesWith EULEX Kosovo
surface form: European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo
country Kosovo
establishedBy Assembly of Kosovo
establishedWithSupportFrom European Union
focusesOn crimes allegedly committed by members of the Kosovo Liberation Army
fundedBy European Union
contributions from EU member states
hasDetentionFacilityIn Netherlands
hasOfficialLanguage Albanian
Serbian
hasOrgan Constitutional Court Panel
court of appeal
surface form: Court of Appeals Panel

Specialist Prosecutor’s Office
Supreme Court Panel
Trial Panels
hasSeatAgreementWith Kingdom of the Netherlands
hasVictimsParticipationSystem yes
hasWebsite https://www.scp-ks.org
hasWitnessProtectionMeasures yes
hasWorkingLanguage English
independentFrom Government of Kosovo
Kosovo judiciary
jurisdiction crimes against humanity
other serious crimes related to the Kosovo conflict
serious crimes under Kosovo law
war crimes
legalBasis Constitution of Kosovo
Law on Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor’s Office of Kosovo
locatedIn Netherlands
The Hague
mandate to investigate and prosecute serious crimes related to the Kosovo conflict
seat The Hague
temporalJurisdiction 1998
1999
post-1999 period related to the Kosovo conflict
typeOfCrimesInvestigated crimes against humanity
other serious violations of Kosovo law related to the conflict
war crimes

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Hashim Thaçi chargedBy Kosovo Specialist Chambers
Specialist Chambers for Kosovo legalBasis Kosovo Specialist Chambers
this entity surface form: Law on Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor’s Office of Kosovo
Specialist Chambers for Kosovo relatedTo Kosovo Specialist Chambers
this entity surface form: Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s Office
Specialist Chambers for Kosovo hasOfficialName Kosovo Specialist Chambers
UÇK subjectOfInvestigationBy Kosovo Specialist Chambers
Kosovo Specialist Chambers alsoKnownAs Kosovo Specialist Chambers
this entity surface form: Kosovo Specialist Court