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Resolution on inhuman treatment of people, illicit trafficking in human organs in Kosovo adopted
Belgrade/Strasbourg,
25 January 2011
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted today the Resolution on inhuman treatment of people and illicit trafficking in human organs in Kosovo, which was proposed by PACE Special Rapporteur Dick Marty.
The resolution was voted for by 169 MPs out of 191 present at the session. Eight parliamentarians were against and 14 abstained from voting.
The resolution calls on the international community and the authorities in Belgrade, Pristina and Tirana to take measures to clear up human organ trafficking and other crimes during and after the conflict in Kosovo.
The PACE previously voted on amendments to the resolution and accepted both amendments proposed by Marty.
The amendment in which the PACE asks the member states of the EU and the other contributing states to clarify the competences of EULEX and/or any other international judicial bodies mandated to conduct follow-up investigations has been included in the resolution. The PACE wants their territorial and temporal jurisdiction to be recognised as encompassing all criminal acts linked to the conflict in Kosovo.
The second amendment of Dick Marty referred to the change of the paragraph which specifies what is expected from the authorities in Albania and from the administration of interim institutions of self-government in Kosovo.
The parliamentarians will vote tomorrow on the report regarding protection of witnesses in Kosovo.
This report, made by Rapporteur of the Council of Europe Jean-Charles Gardetto, says that people who dare to testify in Kosovo are the target of threats and attacks, and that two witnesses were killed in the trial against former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Ramush Haradinaj.
The adoption of this report is of great importance for conducting investigations in Kosovo.
The resolution calls on the international community and the authorities in Belgrade, Pristina and Tirana to take measures to clear up human organ trafficking and other crimes during and after the conflict in Kosovo.
The PACE previously voted on amendments to the resolution and accepted both amendments proposed by Marty.
The amendment in which the PACE asks the member states of the EU and the other contributing states to clarify the competences of EULEX and/or any other international judicial bodies mandated to conduct follow-up investigations has been included in the resolution. The PACE wants their territorial and temporal jurisdiction to be recognised as encompassing all criminal acts linked to the conflict in Kosovo.
The second amendment of Dick Marty referred to the change of the paragraph which specifies what is expected from the authorities in Albania and from the administration of interim institutions of self-government in Kosovo.
The parliamentarians will vote tomorrow on the report regarding protection of witnesses in Kosovo.
This report, made by Rapporteur of the Council of Europe Jean-Charles Gardetto, says that people who dare to testify in Kosovo are the target of threats and attacks, and that two witnesses were killed in the trial against former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Ramush Haradinaj.
The adoption of this report is of great importance for conducting investigations in Kosovo.
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