Review of the Implementation of the New Criminal Procedure Code of Kosovo - June 2016
This report provides an overview of the implementation of the new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) that entered into force on 1 January 2013 together with other legislation reforming the Kosovo justice system. The CPC introduced major changes to criminal proceedings in Kosovo, solidifying a shift from the primarily inquisitorial system in place prior to 2003—and largely still in effect between 2003 and 2012—to a system principally characterized as an adversarial one.
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