What now for liberation movements?
The case against senior KLA members at the Specialist Chambers and the possible legal precedents it could set.
The prosecutors have not offered a convincing case that the individuals are on trial alone, and not the armed movement itself.
This raises questions about the international administration operating at the time, and their responsibility to offer a safe and secure environment for all people in Kosovo after the war.
The whole case offers a sort of justice that, being unable or unwilling to investigate the individual crimes of individual people, aims to find a guilty party in the form of an alleged enterprise.
Armend Bekaj
Armend Bekaj is a researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR), Uppsala University in Sweden, with a focus on the long-term impacts of former combatants-turned-politicians on democracy and institution-building in societies in transition. Armend has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Sheffield and a Master’s in Conflict Resolution from Bradford University.
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This story was originally written in English.