Well-known Albanian-American businessman and activist Harry Bajraktari has sent a formal letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, requesting that the United States thoroughly review and reconsider its diplomatic and financial backing for the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague.
Bajraktari’s appeal follows recent institutional initiatives by Secretary Rubio aimed at scrutinizing international judicial bodies that overstep their legal mandates.
Aligning Kosovo’s Experience with Rubio’s Stance
In his public statement, Bajraktari explained that his letter was directly prompted by Secretary Rubio’s broader foreign policy position against unaccountable international tribunals.
According to Bajraktari, the Kosovo Special Court fits the exact description of the politicized judicial entities that the U.S. administration is currently seeking to counter.
“I sent this letter following Secretary Rubio’s initiative to oppose international courts that exceed their mandate, become unaccountable, politicized, and bureaucratized, thereby undermining national sovereignty, public trust, and historical truth. Kosovo’s experience with the Special Court must be included in this U.S. initiative.“
— Harry Bajraktari, Albanian-American Activist
The Core Arguments Against The Hague Tribunal
The activist outlined several fundamental criticisms regarding how the Specialist Chambers have operated since their inception:
- Selective Justice: Bajraktari stressed that the court has established a skewed judicial record, targeting only one side of the conflict while ignoring war crimes committed by Serbian forces.
- Political Re-writing of History: He warned that the tribunal is being weaponized as an artificial mechanism to distort the historical reality of the Kosovo Liberation War.
- Undermining Sovereignty: The ongoing trial structures are viewed as an unnecessary, bureaucratic overreach that infringes upon Kosovo’s domestic judicial sovereignty and erodes public trust.
“Justice must never be selective, political, or a mechanism to rewrite history,” Bajraktari concluded, closing his message with a traditional blessing for the strategic alliance between the United States, Kosovo, and the Albanian people.
