On 19 October, the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) presented it first ever public Systemic and Thematic Justice Monitoring Report. The report covers the period from September 2019 until mid-March 2020 and includes findings of 107 monitored cases and 312 hearings, as well as specific recommendations for the Kosovo authorities to improve the justice system. Addressing the participants, the Head of EULEX, Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, emphasized two unique features of the Mission’s justice monitoring work: “Firstly, the Mission enjoys full access to judicial, prosecutorial and police systems granted by the Kosovo authorities in June 2018, when EULEX phased out its ...

Prishtina, 16 October 2020 - The General Director of the KPC Secretariat, Lavdim Krasniqi, received in a meeting the IPA Project experts, Dragomir Jordanov, Cristian Nicoara and Volkman Theobald. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the needs for capacity building and coordination of the IPA project for support of the justice sector (EUKOJUST), which is in the final stage of preparation to begin the implementation of the planned activities. In this meeting was discussed especially the joint focus for the implementation of this important project by creating a concrete list of needs of the Kosovo prosecutorial system. The General Director ...

Prishtina, 16 October 2020 - The Chairman of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council (KPC), Bahri Hyseni, received the Chief Executive Officer of the Kosovo Cadastral Agency, Avni Ahmeti, with whom he discussed the continuation and deepening of cooperation in the areas of common interest. During this meeting they talked about the development and advancement of maintenance, security and storage of data, which is owned and managed by the Kosovo Cadastral Agency and the possibility of exchanging them for professional needs legally supported by the prosecutorial system. Chairman Hyseni, said that the prosecutorial system of Kosovo is developing and advancing its electronic system and ...

Prishtina, 14 October 2020 - The Chairman of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council (KPC), Bahri Hyseni, met with the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kosovo, Selim Selimi. Also present at this meeting was the representative of the US Embassy in Kosovo, Mrs. Lana Morton Owens. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the recommendations arising from the process of functional review of the rule of law, in which case they discussed separately the main recommendations of this process and plans to crown this process as soon as possible with the approval of the Rule of Law Strategy. During this meeting, ...

Prishtina, 12 October 2020 - The Chairman of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, Bahri Hyseni, accompanied by the Director of the KPC Secretariat, Lavdim Krasniqi, received the Head of the Institutional Development Component within the project "Strengthening the judicial system in Kosovo ”, David Wells. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the possibilities for supporting the administration of the prosecutorial system, after the decision of the Constitutional Court regarding the Law on Public Officials. On this occasion, Chairman Hyseni, requested that based on the expertise to provide support in articulating the normative basis and capacity building of the administration of ...

Prishtinë, 10 October 2020 – At the request of the Chairman of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council (KPC), Bahri Hyseni, the 187th extraordinary, closed door meeting of the KPC was held. The only item on the agenda of this meeting was the discussion regarding the reaction of the American Embassy. On this occasion, the Council received and accepted with concern the reaction of the US Embassy regarding the process of electing the prosecutor members- of the council and chief prosecutors. Therefore, after discussions, KPC members have come up with the following conclusions: All superiors are obliged to report the same in case ...

Prishtina, 8 October 2020 - Under the measures of protection from pandemic and through distance communication, the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council (KPC), chaired by its Chairman, Bahri Hyseni, has held its 186th meeting in a row. This meeting started with the review of two draft regulations. KPC members, after review, have approved the Regulation on the prosecutor’s performance assessment and the Regulation on the election of prosecutorial members of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council. In the same meeting, the KPC decided to announce elections for members of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council from the ranks of the basic prosecutions of Pristina, Prizren, Peja, ...

Prishtina, 7 October 2020 - The Chairman of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council, Bahri Hyseni and the General Director of the Tax Administration of Kosovo, Ilir Murtezaj, have signed a cooperation agreement for the interconnection of electronic systems and the exchange of data in electronic form between the KPC and TAK. Under this agreement, all data from the TAK to the relevant prosecution office will be sent electronically by their case management systems and vice versa. Also, KPC and TAK are obliged to form a joint group to determine and how to exchange data from electronic systems. According to the agreement, the joint ...