Workshop with the newly appointed Judges and Prosecutors

Organized as part of the initial training program of the Academy of Justice Kosovo, an informative workshop was held today at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo with newly appointed judges and prosecutors.

The President of the Constitutional Court, Mrs. Gresa Caka – Nimani, welcomed the new judges and prosecutors to the meeting. In her presentation, she initially discussed the role and jurisdiction of the Court in the legal system of the Republic of Kosovo, its organizational structure and composition, and the parties authorized to file referrals.

President Caka – Nimani then spoke in more detail about the admissibility criteria and handling of referrals, the relations of the Constitutional Court with the courts of other instances in the country, and the possibilities that regular courts have, through the incidental control mechanism, to refer to the Court for the assessment of the constitutionality of a law, which may have been challenged in a judicial procedure.

During the conversation, the newly appointed judges and prosecutors expressed their interest in being informed in more detail about cases in which the Court can review its case-law, the difference between the control of legality and constitutionality of acts, and various aspects of the procedure for referring referrals through incidental control and the prevailing criteria to decide whether the constitutionality of a law should be referred to the Constitutional Court.