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Significance
Thaci faces ten counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the Kosovo conflict in 1998-99. The trial against the founder of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) and a prominent politician reopens debates about Kosovo’s recent past and Thaci’s wartime record, and marks a key moment in the country’s history.
Impacts
The key role the KSC is playing reflects the lack of an effective judicial system in Kosovo.
Serbia will use Thaci's trial to challenge the Kosovo Albanians’ narrative on the 1990s conflict.
Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo will appeal to nationalism to boost its popularity.
Keywords:
Kosovo,
EUR,
Serbia,
EU,
Netherlands,
United States,
international relations,
politics,
crime,
government,
judicial,
protest,
war,
foreign policy,
legislation,
party,
rebellion,
social,
human rights
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