Workshop with young judges of the Basic Courts of Kosovo

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo in cooperation with the Academy of Justice of the Republic of Kosovo organized a joint workshop with the topic “Role and competences of the Constitutional Court. Relationship with regular courts and other institutions”, which was held at the Courtroom of the Constitutional Court.

The workshop aimed at informing young judges of Kosovo, with the authority and role of the Constitutional Court in relation to the regular judiciary as well as with other institutions in the country, for which they were informed more closely by the Chief Legal Advisor of the Court, Mr. Sevdail Kastrati.

The procedures for submitting and reviewing the cases, addressing the individual complaints against the decisions of the regular courts and the right of referral of cases under consideration by the regular courts in the Constitutional Court through incidental (concrete) control, were just some of the topics on which advisor Kastrati focused his presentation.

The review of referrals relating to the excessive length of judicial proceedings by the regular judiciary, time limits for consideration of cases in the Constitutional Court and addressing cases with priority, especially when referrals are filed by the public authorities, were some of the issues for which young judges expressed their interest to be informed in more detail.

With regard to the cooperation between the Constitutional Court of Kosovo and the Venice Commission, the guests were informed in more detail by the Director of the Communication and Information Office, Mr. Veton Dula, at the same time the liaison officer of the Constitutional Court with the Venice Commission.