International students of human rights visited the Court

The President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo, Ms. Gresa Caka – Nimani, and the Judge of the Constitutional Court, Ms. Remzije Istrefi – Peci, hosted in a joint meeting a group of international students of the European Master’s Program in Human Rights and Democratization (EMA) from university campuses in Vienna and Venice.

In their presentation, President Caka – Nimani and Judge Istrefi – Peci initially informed the students about the background of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo and the constitutional obligation to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights, the role and function of the Constitutional Court in the state system of the Republic of Kosovo, as well as the challenges that this Court has faced in its work until now.

In the course of the meeting, the students expressed their interest in being informed in more details regarding the compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on a national level, the process of filing individual referrals with the Court, the number of referrals filed by members of non-majority communities and the publication of decisions in their languages, as well as the compliance with and implementation of the Court’s decisions.