A joint conference was held between the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court

The judges of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kosovo, following the organization of joint professional workshops, participated in the workshop organized with the support of the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation “IRZ”, which was held in Thessaloniki, on 6 – 7 October 2024.

The conference was attended by Mrs. Gresa Caka-Nimani, President of the Constitutional Court, Mr. Fejzullah Rexhepi, President of the Supreme Court, Mr. Albert Zogaj, Chair of the Judicial Council of Kosovo, the German experts engaged by the “IRZ” Foundation, Prof. Dr. Michael Eichberger, former judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, Dr. Matthias Hartwig, former senior research fellow at the “Max Planck” Institute for Public Law and Comparative International Law in Germany, and other judges and advisors from both local courts. Mohamed Montasser Abidi, head of the section from IRZ, was part of the conference via video link.

The topics discussed at this conference were: “Right to property”, “Trial in absentia” and “Right of access to a court”, while the panelists were judges: Nexhmi Rexhepi, Jeton Bytyqi and Remzije Istrefi-Peci from the Constitutional Court, and Rrustem Thaqi, Afrim Shala and Zenel Leku from the Supreme Court of Kosovo.

The German experts engaged by the IRZ brought their perspective and experience of the regular judiciary and the German constitutional judiciary to each panel of the topics covered.