@article { author = {Cataleta, Maria}, title = {THE KOSOVO SPECIALIST CHAMBERS, AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL INSIDE THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM}, journal = {Journal of International Criminal Law}, volume = {}, number = {}, pages = {1-9}, year = {2022}, publisher = {Heybatollah Najandimanesh This journal is published in collaboration with the Iranian Association of International Criminal Law, https://iaicl.org/.}, issn = {2717-1914}, eissn = {}, doi = {}, abstract = {The necessity to establish the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC), a new hybrid tribunal for the crimes committed in Kosovo during and after the NATO intervention, emerged in 2011, when the 'Marty Report' was published. As reported, the crimes concerned especially organ harvesting committed by mid-and senior level Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) officers. These allegations reversed the national narrative on the Kosovo Albanian's liberation fight against the Serbs, seen no more as oppressors but as victims of the crimes committed by the KLA. Following the 'Marty Report', the international community asked the Government of Kosovo to establish a special court aiming to prosecute individuals responsible for these war crimes. This Court became fully operational in 2017 and immediately, some Albanian politicians tried to revoke it in the Kosovo Assembly. On the contrary, it was welcomed by the international community. These kinds of courts express what we call "transitional justice", a kind of justice entitled to face past large-scale abuses, assure conflict prevention, and achieve reconciliation. Today, the KSC is a very controversial and contested jurisdiction.}, keywords = {International Criminal Justice,Transitional Justice,hybrid tribunals,Kosovo Specialist Chambers,Kosovo Liberation Army,former Yugoslavia}, url = {http://www.jicl.ir/article_144694.html}, eprint = {http://www.jicl.ir/article_144694_1227049c3e02161644f176c8fac9e8d1.pdf} }