President of Kosovo visited the HU
The President of the Republic of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, has visited Berlin. In addition to meetings with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Bellevue Palace, she was invited by the International Affairs Department and the Law and Society Institute (LSI) to visit HU Berlin on 15 September 2021.
An important item on the programme at the HU was a roundtable discussion moderated by Prof. Dr. Silvia von Steinsdorff with President Osmani and representatives of the HU on the topic of "State Building and Transformation in Kosovo: Priorities and Challenges". In her introductory speech, President Osmani focused in particular on the importance of education, health, justice and upholding the rule of law for Kosovo's social, political and economic development. As a trained lawyer and politician, she also spoke at length about the importance of building an independent judiciary and depoliticising the judicial system - topics that are also at the centre of the new chair research project "Judicial Autonomy under Authoritarian Attack".