Ekaterina Trendafilova has been reappointed as President of The Hague- based Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) for another mandate.
Kosovo Specialist Chambers published the news on Friday saying that the Appointing Authority, Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark [Head of the EU Rule of Law Mission to Kosovo], reappointed Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova as President of the KSC for a term of four years.
According KSC, President Trendafilova expressed her appreciation for “the confidence that has been placed in [her] to continue to serve the KSC as it has embarked on a new and important phase with the commencement of judicial proceedings”.
President Trendafilova stated that she is confident that the proceedings will be undertaken in a secure, independent, impartial, fair and efficient manner, in accordance with the KSC’s mandate.
President Trendafilova’s current term of office is set to expire on December 14 and the reappointment is effective by December 15.
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor’s Office were established five years ago, in August 2015, by the Kosovo Parliament to investigate crimes allegedly committed during and just after the war 1998- 2000.
The Chambers are part of Kosovo’s judicial system but staffed by internationals and located in The Hague.
