Review of Criminal Cases relating to Failure to File Declarations of Assets by Senior Public Officials

This report reviews the response of Kosovo institutions to the failures of Senior Public Officials to file timely declarations of their assets pursuant to the Law on Declaration of Assets. OSCE monitoring indicates inconsistencies in practice across the three relevant institutions involved in criminal cases related to the declaration of assets – the Anti-corruption Agency, the prosecution and the courts – and many instances where the relevant substantive and procedural law has been improperly applied. Such inconsistencies have negative implications for guarantees of legal certainty and equality before the law as guaranteed in the Kosovo legal framework.