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Special Kosovo war crimes court to be set up in The Hague

The court will try alleged crimes against ethnic minorities and political opponents

A funeral for former members of the now disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in 2015. A special court is being set up to try crimes allegedly committed by KLA members during the 1999-2000 Kosovo conflict that preceded the province’s secession from Serbia. Photograph: AFP
A funeral for former members of the now disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in 2015. A special court is being set up to try crimes allegedly committed by KLA members during the 1999-2000 Kosovo conflict that preceded the province’s secession from Serbia. Photograph: AFP
Fri Jan 15 2016 - 16:13

A special court is being set up in The Hague to try crimes allegedly committed by Kosovo Liberation Army members during the 1999-2000 conflict that preceded the province’s secession from Serbia, the Dutch government said on Friday.

The EU-funded court, to be known as the Kosovo Relocated Specialist Judicial Institution, will try alleged crimes against ethnic minorities and political opponents under Kosovo law.

In a statement, the Dutch government said witnesses against the fighters, seen by many in Kosovo as freedom fighters, might feel threatened if the trials were not held abroad.

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