From the Guardian UK: 'When I saw a girl in the street, I would tease her and pass nasty comments," says 17-year-old Jetmir Fejzullahu. "What I learned was that it doesn't make you attractive and interesting, but the opposite." Sitting in
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Serbia Willing to Hold “Direct Negotiations” on Kosovo
While Serbia will never recognize the declared independence of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo, the Balkan nation is willing to hold “direct negotiations” at the highest political level with its authorities in order to help resolve the matter, the President…
EU Grants Serbia Candidate Status
ICTY Convicts Witness for Contempt of Court for Refusing to Answer Questions
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia today convicted a man of contempt of court charges and sentenced him to two months in jail for refusing to answer questions on two occasions during trials…
Key Kosovo Witness Pleads Guilty of Contempt at ICTY
On Friday, a key witness pleaded guilty to contempt of court at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) for refusing to testify in the 2007 trial of former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj, on charges of crimes against humanity. The witness, Shefqet Kabashi,…
International Organizations Immunities Act
President Obama issued Executive Order 13568 to extend the International Organizations Immunities Act to the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the International Civilian Office in Kosovo. Click here for more information from the Federal Register Notice. …
ICTY Convicts Serbian Police Official for Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has convicted Vlastimir Dordevic, a former senior Serbian police official, for crimes against humanity and for war crimes carried out in Kosovo. He was sentenced him to 27 years imprisonment after being found…
Kosovo Con Court Rules Against President
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo ruled last week in Naim Rrustemi and 31 Other Deputies of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo v. His Excellency Fatmir Sejdiu that President Fatmir Sejdiu committed a "serious violation" of…
Ideas for Teaching the ICJ Advisory Opinion regarding Kosovo Independence
As we international law professors start preparing for the fast-approaching new school year, I would like to encourage a sharing of ideas about how we may be incorporating the ICJ's 22 July 2010 Advisory Opinion on the legality of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of…
ICTY Donates Books to Law School in Kosovo
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, announced last week that it is donating law journals law books to the Law Faculty and Human Rights Centre of Pristina University in Kosovo. In a press release, the ICTY said it “is committed to…