Judges of the Court for several-day working visit in Washington

A delegation of judges and advisors of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo, led by the President of the Court, Mrs. Arta Rama-Hajrizi, traveled for a several-day working visit to Washington on Sunday, 14 April 2019.

During the stay in the US capital, the delegation of the Constitutional Court shall visit the US District Court for the District of Columbia (DC), the DC District Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States, where it will also be able to participate in the presentation and oral argument of the case, “United States v. Davis”.

For the duration of their stay in Washington, the judges and advisors of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo will also visit the Federal Judicial Center and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to learn more about the role of the Administrative Office, judicial ethics in the United States, as well as the relation of the federal judiciary with the media and the public.

After visiting the USAID’s Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, the stay of the delegation of the Constitutional Court in Washington will be concluded with a visit to the Faculty of Law of the American University, where among other things, the constitutional law and the theories of constitutional interpretation, as well as the interpretation of admissibility criteria in the selection of cases for review will be discussed.

The visit of the delegation of the Constitutional Court to the US was enabled with the support of USAID Justice System Strengthening Program in Kosovo (JSSP).