Marty: EULEX powerless, ad hoc structure needed - shine of incompetenz

  27.01.2011 | 10:27

Marty: EULEX powerless, ad hoc structure needed
Source: Tanjug

FRANKFURT — CoE Rapporteur Dick Marty said that the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, in its current incarnation, is powerless to investigate organ trafficking.

Dick Marty (Beta)

The Swiss senator advised for an ad hoc judicial structure to be set up, which would be located outside of Kosovo, should be created specially for the purpose.

In an interview for the Serbian language news site Vesti based in Frankfurt, Germany, Marty said there is a danger that the whole story could go no further than the support his report received in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly.

“An ad hoc judicial structure needs to be created - established specially to investigate the organ trafficking and located outside of Kosovo, which would have the right to apply measures to protect witnesses and their families - just just during the process, but afterwards as well. The witnesses have so much to say that their lives would not be worth much afterwards if their identities were revealed,” Marty said.

“I do not think EULEX, the way it is forced to operate today and the way it is organized, can conduct a serious investigation. Besides, if we look at the justice systems and the international judiciary in the region, these structures have not been able to protect witnesses. As soon as there is a high-level case or a case that touches a certain level in the criminal hierarchy, testimonies become not just difficult, but impossible to obtain. Witnesses and their families are intimidated, and some have been killed,” he stressed.

Noting that “some people might be satisfied with simply passing the resolution, as a virtual statement that nothing will come of”, he said that a structure should be established that would be efficient in uncovering the truth.

“The strong vote of support is an important step, but it is just one stage, which will be irrelevant unless there is a well prepared follow-up, and unless there is a political follow-up. I see this as the main danger,” Marty warned.

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Dick Marty’s accusation
26/01/2012

The investigation about the suspicions raised for human organs traffic in Albania during the war in Kosovo, has brought for the second time in Tirana the EULEX Chief Prosecutor, Ambassador John Clint Williamson.

Williamson’s mission is based on the Council of Europe resolution of 25 January 2011, with the object: “Investigating the accusations for inhuman actions and illegal traffic of human organs in Kosovo”.

The EULEX prosecutor’s requests were not made public after the meeting with the Albanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edmond Haxhinasto. In the press release, the Haxhinasto declared that he ensured Mr. Williams for the full support and cooperation of the Albanian authorities, in order to guarantee a complete and all-inclusive investigation, since EULEX is the only official organ that has the jurisdiction, capability and capacities to investigate the issues raised by the report.

The EULEX Chief Prosecutor held a meeting with Prime Minister Berisha. Part of the Chief Prosecutor Williamson agenda was a joint meeting at the British Embassy in Tirana premises with the ambassadors of USA, GB, and other EU countries accredited to Tirana.

The accusations for human organs traffic during the war in Kosovo turned into a diplomatic issue after the Swiss EMP, Dick Marty, accused the former KLA leaders of being involved. Marty claimed that these operations were held in two KLA bases in Albania. The accusations were rejected by Prishtina and Tirana, while the Albanian authorities showed their readiness to cooperate in an international investigation about this matter.

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