President Caka – Nimani on an official visit to the United States

The President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo, Ms. Gresa Caka – Nimani, has spent several days in an official visit to the United States.

On Friday, November 19, 2021, President Caka-Nimani met with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Counselor for International Affairs Mr. Bruce C. Swartz, in Washington, DC.
After expressing her gratitude for the continuous assistance that the United States has provided to Kosovo and its institutional development over the years, particularly in the area of rule of law, President Caka-Nimani informed Mr. Swartz with respect to the achievements and the challenges pertaining to the constitutional justice. Both sides further exchanged their views on the most effective mechanisms for strengthening the rule of law in the Republic of Kosovo and the importance of consolidating the rule of law in any democratic country.

During her visit in Washington, President Caka-Nimani also met with senior officials in the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development as well as the U.S. representatives in the Venice Commission.

President Caka-Nimani began her visit to the United States last week participating in the International Conference on “Inalienable Rights and the Traditions of Constitutionalism”, organized by the Kellog Institute for International Studies at the University Notre Dame, which was attended by judges and presidents of constitutional and supreme courts of states around the World, as well as prominent international academics and human rights experts. Being one of the main conference panel members, President Caka – Nimani, made a detailed presentation pertaining to Kosovo’s constitutional tradition and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with the principles embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights.
At the invitation of the Faculty of Law within the University of Notre Dame, President Caka-Nimani also gave a lecture on the history and the constitutional tradition of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo.