War Crimes Research Institute
Kosovo Laments ‘Delayed Justice’ as Village Massacre Commemorated
Hundreds of family members of Kosovo Albanian civilians killed by Serbian forces on January 15, 1999 gathered on Friday in Recak/Racak, a village 20 kilometres south of Pristina, to commemorate the anniversary.
Forty-four people are confirmed to have been killed that day, and one woman remains missing.
Kosovo Tries Again to Establish War Crimes Research Institute
It was abolished in 2018 on the order of then Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. The decision stated that instead of the institute, a Department of Transitional Justice would be established as part of the Justice Ministry. But this never happened.