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Key Ongoing and New Recommendations

To the EU Police and Justice Mission

  • Ensure that the criminal justice system is fully integrated, with effective coordination between international and national judges, prosecutors, and police.
  • Prioritize the removal of obstacles to effective witness protection, including witness relocation.
  • Ensure effective oversight over international police, prosecutors, and judges, including by the Ombudsperson Institution.

To the Government of Kosovo

  • Resolve arrangements for the Kosovo Police Service to provide investigative support to national and international prosecutors.
  • Address the obstacles to effective witness protection, including the prompt adoption of a witness protection law.
  • Ensure that all court employees use the electronic case management system.

To the European Union, the United States, and other Contact Group members

  • Publicly commit to relocate at-risk witnesses from Kosovo, and provide financial support for this relocation.

(Detailed recommendations are given at the end of this report.)