Students of the Faculty of Law visit the Court

A group of students of the Faculty of Law of the University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, visited the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo on Wednesday, 4 April 2018.

The students were received in a meeting by the Chief Legal Advisor of the Constitutional Court, Mr. Sevdail Kastrati, and the Junior Legal Advisor, Ms. Anita Çavdarbasha.

During the meeting, advisor Kastrati informed the students about the manner of functioning and powers of the Constitutional Court in the framework of the Kosovo state system, the method of election of judges of the Court and the deliberation process. He provided a more detailed explanation with regard to the implementation of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in the constitutional system of Kosovo, and the authorized parties for submission of Referrals to the Constitutional Court.

Meanwhile advisor Çavdarbasha informed the students about the stages of proceedings and review of referrals filed with the Court, providing at the same time general statistics regarding the number of reviewed referrals and ethnicity of applicants.

The students expressed their interest about the relation of the Constitutional Court with the courts of other instances in the country, admissibility requirements of referrals, and the time limits for review of referrals.