A Verdict Beyond The Courtroom Source: Chris Hondros/ Getty Images “No, the KLA was not a terrorist organization,” responded the measured Ibrahim Rugova when confronted by Slobodan Milošević in front of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Today, more than two decades later, the question finds relevance in a different courtroom in The Hague: when members of an armed liberation movement are convicted of war crimes, what exactly is criminalized

Authors: Bekim Bruka & Erta Hoxha Today, Albanian students in North Macedonia held a protest against the Ministry of Justice’s decision not to offer the bar exam in Albanian, alongside Macedonian. Following months of advocacy efforts and requests by student unions and Albanian political parties, the demonstration highlights a growing frustration with the country’s reluctance and practical inadequacy to ensure a Constitutional right. Albanian is the native tongue of at lea