SPO

The SPO is investigating grave trans-boundary and international crimes, including war crimes and crimes against humanity as defined by customary international law and set out in the Special Law on the Specialist Chambers and the Specialist Prosecutor's Office... The SPO is part of the judicial system of Kosovo, but based in the Netherlands on the basis of a Host State Agreement between the Netherlands and Kosovo of 15 February 2016. It is a temporary institution with a specific mandate and jurisdiction, namely over certain crimes against humanity, war crimes and other crimes under Kosovo law which allegedly occurred between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2000... The Specialist Prosecutor's Office (SPO) is an internationalised and relocated prosecution in The Hague created to investigate and, if warranted, prosecute individuals for crimes alleged in the January 2011 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Report Inhuman Treatment of People and Illicit Trafficking in..

Primary location: The Hague Netherlands