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Battle for Kosovo starts in International Court in The Hague - reports

Sat, Apr 18 2009 14:46 CET

byClive Leviev-Sawyer

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Battle for Kosovo starts in International Court in The Hague - reports

KOSOVO JOURNEY: Serbian president Boris Tadic visits the 14th century Orthodox monastery in the western Kosovo town of Decani, April 17 2009. It was his second visit since Kosovo declared independence in February 2008.


Representatives of Serbia’s defense team have submitted documents in the Hague-based International Court of Justice about its challenge to Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence, Serbian Studio B radio reported, according to Bulgarian news agency Focus.

Serbia’s documents, which consist of two parts of 350 and 600 pages and maps, "contain all necessary elements to prove the thesis that declaration of Kosovo’s independence does not comply with international law," the Belgrade-based radio station said.

At Serbia’s initiative, the UN General Assembly voted in 2008 to ask the International Court of Justice in The Hague, as the primary judicial body of the United Nations, to rule on whether Kosovo’s declaration of independence was lawful.

The head of Serbia’s defence is Dusan Batakovic and the co-ordinator is Sasa Obradovic.
The Kosovo defence team is headed by UK lawyer Michael Wood.

Since Kosovo is not a UN member state, its documents will be regarded as a written statement on the case, the radio station said.  

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