The Dick Marty report brought a completely new dynamic in the relationship between the Kosovo Albanians and the Serbs, with the implication of some of the top commanders of Kosovo Liberation Army in the war crimes and the crimes against humanity, an accusation which has taken the luster of innocence off the war for the independence. The public response to the report was significant, especially in Kosovo, Albania, and Serbia. The Resolution 1182, which was adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe after Marty's report, convinced the European union into commissioning Special Investigative Task Force for an inquiry into Marty's statements. The new institution found enough evidence that warranted forming a new hybrid judicial organ, Kosovo Specialist Chambers & Specialist Prosecutor's Office, which is an institution incorporated in Kosovo's judicial system but manned with the international personnel. Due to the fact, that the persons, suspected of the war crimes, are actual important politicians in Kosovo, the process, spined–off by the Dick Marty's report, is politically resounding and provokes the division of the opinions in Kosovo, concerning the activities of the Kosovo Liberation Army during the war of 1998–1999, which is an obstacle for the efficacy of the reconciliation process. The thesis analyses the influence of The Dick Marty report on the process of reconciliation between the Albanians and the Serbs on Kosovo and concludes, that report represents a starting point in the process of seeking the truth, which is a necessary condition for the reconciliation, but not the sufficient one.
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