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Kosovo Specialist Chambers
Dhomat e Specializuara të Kosovës(Albanian) Специјализована већа Косова(Serbian)
Established	2016
Location	The Hague,Netherlands
Authorised by	Constitution of Kosovo
Website	https://www.scp-ks.org/
President
Currently	Ekaterina Trendafilova
Since	12 January 2017
Prosecutor
Currently	Kimberly West
Since	18 October 2023

TheKosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) (Albanian:Dhomat e Specializuara të Kosovës;Serbian:Специјализована већа Косова,Specijalizovana veća Kosova) is a court ofKosovo, located inThe Hague (Netherlands), hosting fourSpecialist Chambers and theSpecialist Prosecutor's Office, which may perform their activities either in theNetherlands or inKosovo. The court is currently set up for delegating the trials of thecrimes committed by members of theKosovo Liberation Army (KLA), anethnic-Albanianparamilitary organisation which sought the separation of Kosovo fromYugoslavia during the 1990s.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} The alleged crimes concern the period 1998–2000, during and at the end of theKosovo War and directed afterwards against "ethnic minorities and political opponents".^[6] The court was formally established in 2016.^[7] It is separate from other Kosovar institutions, and independent. It is composed of a Specialist Prosecutor's Office and four Specialist Chambers, with themselves comprising Judges' Chambers and a Registry.

In December 2016Ekaterina Trendafilova was elected first president.^[8] Among the people charged withwar crimes andcrimes against humanity are Kosovo former presidentHashim Thaçi and seniorKosovar politicianKadri Veseli.^[9] On 15 September 2021 the court's first trial opened, the case againstSalih Mustafa.^[10]

In 2010, Swiss politicianDick Marty authored aCouncil of Europe-report in which he notedwar crimes had been committed by the KLA. Partly based on that report, the prosecutor of the Special Investigative Taskforce (SITF) of theEuropean Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX Kosovo) concluded sufficient evidence existed for prosecution of "war crimes, crimes against humanity as well as certain crimes against Kosovan law".^[7] The court is located outside Kosovo on request of the prosecutor in order to provide adequate protection to witnesses.^[7]

The Kosovo authorities have agreed with the EU on modalities of dealing with those serious allegations. On 3 August 2015, theKosovo Assembly adopted Article 162 of theKosovo Constitution and the Law on Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor's Office, following the Exchange of Letters between the President of Kosovo and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in 2014. The Specialist Chambers are attached to each level of the court system in Kosovo – Basic Court, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court and Constitutional Court. They will function according to relevant Kosovo laws as well as customary international law and international human rights law.^{[citation needed]}

The EU has supported the process from the outset and together with other contributing countries (Canada,Norway,Switzerland,Turkey, and theUnited States of America) will financially support the work of the court.^{[citation needed]}

The Specialist Chambers comprises two organs, the Chambers and the Registry. The Specialist Prosecutor's Office is an independent office for the investigation and prosecution of the crimes within the jurisdiction of the Specialist Chambers. The Specialist Chambers and the Specialist Prosecutor's Office are staffed with international judges, prosecutors and officers and have a seat in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Unlike many other non-Dutch judicial institutions in The Hague, the Kosovo Relocated Specialist Judicial Institution isn't aninternational court, but a court constituted through Kosovan legislation. To provide a proper legal basis for the court, Kosovo'sconstitution was amended (amendment 24)^[11][7] and Law No.05/L-053on specialist chambers and specialist prosecutor's office was approved.^[12]

The court will be staffed by EU personnel and will have international judges only. The costs of the court will be borne by the EU^[13] as part of itsCommon Foreign and Security Policy.^[7] The four specialized chambers are all chambers of corresponding regular Kosovar institutions:

• The court of first instance of Pristina
• The court of Appeal
• Supreme Court
• Constitutional Court

Name	State	Term began	Term ended	Ref(s).
Kai Ambos	Germany	7 February 2017	In office	[14]
Antonio Balsamo	Italy	7 February 2017	In office	[14]
Christoph Barthe	Germany	7 February 2017	In office	[14]
Gilbert Bitti	France	22 September 2020	In office	[15]
Michael Bohlander	Germany	7 February 2017	31 August 2022	[14][16]
Roland Dekkers	Netherlands	7 February 2017	In office	[14]
Daniel Fransen	Belgium	22 September 2020	In office	[15]
Emilio Gatti	Italy	7 February 2017	In office	[14]
Fergal M. Gaynor	Ireland	22 September 2020	In office	[15]
Christopher Gosnell	Canada	11 September 2025	In office	[17]
Nicolas Guillou	France	7 February 2017	6 June 2024	[14][18]
Piotr Hofmański	Poland	3 December 2024	In office	[19]
Romina Incutti	Italy	22 September 2020	In office	[15]
Nina H.B. Jørgensen	Norway	22 September 2020	In office	[15]
Thomas Laker	Germany	7 February 2017	In office	[14]
Marjorie Masselot	France	6 June 2024	In office	[20]
Guénaël Mettraux	Switzerland	7 February 2017	In office	[14]
Vladimir Mikula	Czech Republic	7 February 2017	In office	[14]
Roumen H. Nenkov	Bulgaria	22 September 2020	In office	[15]
Andres Parmas	Estonia	7 February 2017	6 March 2020	[14][21]
Michèle Picard	France	7 February 2017	In office	[14]
Ann Power-Forde	Ireland	7 February 2017	4 November 2019	[14][22]
Keith Raynor	United Kingdom	7 February 2017	19 March 2020	[14][23]
Kenneth Roberts	Canada	7 February 2017	2 May 2025	[14][24]
Charles Smith III	United States	7 February 2017	In office	[14]
Vidar Stensland	Norway	7 February 2017	In office	[14]
Ekaterina Trendafilova	Bulgaria	12 January 2017	In office	[25]
Christine van den Wyngaert	Belgium	7 February 2017	In office	[14]
Mappie Veldt-Foglia	Netherlands	7 February 2017	In office	[14]

Name	State(s)	Term began	Term ended	Ref(s).
David Schwendiman	United States	1 September 2016	31 March 2018	[26]
Kwai Hong Ip (acting)	United Kingdom	1 April 2018	6 May 2018	[27]
Jack Smith	United States	7 May 2018	18 November 2022	[26]
Alex Whiting (acting)	France /United States	19 November 2022	17 October 2023	[28]
Kimberly West	United States	18 October 2023	In office	[29]

A total of 15 persons have been indicted in the Kosovo Specialist Chambers. Of those indicted, 14 have been arrested and transferred to the Chambers' custody and one has been summoned to appear. The cases against four people are in the pre-trial stage, four people are on trial, three people are serving sentences, and four people have completed their sentences.

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