New Prosecutor Named as Kosovo War Crimes Court Keeps Working on First Indictments

The court examining war crimes against ethnic Serbs in Kosovo said on Monday it has appointed a new chief prosecutor, who will pick up the court's efforts to issue its first indictments, three years after it was established. The court said U.S. prosecutor Jack Smith will succeed fellow American David Schwendiman, who stepped down March 31, a setback for the court, which politicians in Kosovo have long tried to abolish. The Specialist Chamber was set up in The Hague in 2015 to...

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