http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/369bf51d21cd35ec https://verfassungsblog.de/kosovo-chambers-thaci/ Kosovo’s Justice Gap - A Thaçi Verdict and the Defendants Not in Court Abrahams, Fred eng 2026-09-14 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 crimes against humanity International Criminal Law Kosovo Kosovo Specialist Chambers Kosovo War Serbia War Crimes Yugoslavia Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The countdown clocks in Kosovo are ticking. The public protests have begun. On September 16, the EU-backed Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague will deliver a much-awaited verdict in the war crimes trial of former President Hashim Thaçi and three co-defendants. The four men – senior figures in the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) – are charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, torture, and enforced disappearances committed during and after the 1998-99 Kosovo war. Whatever the verdict, one fact stands clear: the foreign governments and international forces in Kosovo at the time largely watched as these crimes took place.