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Kosovo: Top war crimes prosecutor forced to leave amid US state department inertia
Source: The Guardian
Kosovo: Top war crimes prosecutor forced to leave amid US state department inertia
David Schwendiman said he is being made to leave the job at a critical stage of the tribunal’s work with no designated successor
Julian Borger World affairs editor
Wed 28 Feb 2018 06.45 GMT
The chief prosecutor of a war crimes court for Kosovo has said he is being made to leave the job at a critical stage of the tribunal’s work with no designated successor – largely due to inertia in the US state department.
David Schwendiman said he had been asking the state department for more than a year to make a decision about the future of the position at the Hague-based court. But he heard only a fortnight ago that he had to leave by April, leaving virtually no time to find a replacement.
Schwendiman said he had no idea whether a search has begun for a successor.
“I have been given no assurances. It has essentially been radio silence since two weeks ago,” he told the Guardian in a telephone interview from the Hague. The court was established under Kosovan law, but based in the Dutch capital to shield it from political pressure and threats.
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David Schwendiman said he is being made to leave the job at a critical stage of the tribunal’s work with no designated successor
Julian Borger World affairs editor
Wed 28 Feb 2018 06.45 GMT
The chief prosecutor of a war crimes court for Kosovo has said he is being made to leave the job at a critical stage of the tribunal’s work with no designated successor – largely due to inertia in the US state department.
David Schwendiman said he had been asking the state department for more than a year to make a decision about the future of the position at the Hague-based court. But he heard only a fortnight ago that he had to leave by April, leaving virtually no time to find a replacement.
Schwendiman said he had no idea whether a search has begun for a successor.
“I have been given no assurances. It has essentially been radio silence since two weeks ago,” he told the Guardian in a telephone interview from the Hague. The court was established under Kosovan law, but based in the Dutch capital to shield it from political pressure and threats.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/28/chief-prosecutor-for-kosovo-court-to-depart
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