Final Status of Kosovo: Untying the Gordian Knot
2004 Chicago-Kent Law Review Live Symposium
Final Status of Kosovo: Untying the Gordian Knot
Symposium Editor
Professor Henry H. Perritt, Jr., IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
Chicago-Kent College of Law
565 West Adams Street
Chicago, Illinois 60661
November 18 & 19, 2005
Directions and Parking
Purpose
The purpose of the Symposium is to provide intellectual leadership for the policy community in the United States, in the Balkans and elsewhere who are recognizing that the question of final status for Kosovo must be addressed soon, and who need deeper analysis of interests and possible outcomes.
Schedule – Day One
8:30am–9:00am | Breakfast |
9:00am–9:15am | Welcome |
9:15am–9:50am | Keynote Address |
9:50am–10:30am | Panel 1: Political Dynamics within the United States and Western Europe |
10:30am–10:40am | Break |
10:40am–11:25am | Panel 2: Political Dynamics within Kosovo |
11:25am–12:10pm | Panel 3: Political Dynamics within Serbia |
12:10pm–12:30pm | Panel 4: Political Dynamics within Other Countries in the Balkans |
12:30pm–2:00pm | Lunch |
2:00pm–2:45pm | Panel 5 |
2:45pm–3:30pm | Panel 6 |
3:30pm–3:45pm | Break |
3:45pm–4:15pm | Panel 7: Economic Structures and Claims |
4:15pm–5:00pm | Panel 8: Protection of Human Rights after UNMIK Leaves |
Panel Participants
Keynote Address
Amb. William Walker, Diplomat, United States Foreign Service
Why Kosovar Aspirations Can Be Realized Only within Constraints Created by Regional, European, and International Politics
Panel 1: Political Dynamics within the United States and Western Europe
Michael Kunczik, Professor, Johannes Gutenberg University
Images of Nations and Transnational Public Relations by Government
Verena Knaus, Researcher, European Stability Initiative
The Mitrovica Dilemma
Adrian Toschev, Referent, Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Gregory Cheikhameguyaz, LL.M Candidate, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
The European Union and the Final Status for Kosovo
Panel 2: Political Dynamics within Kosovo
Dr. Fatmir Sejdiu, Professor of Law, University of Prishtina
Dr. Arsim Bajrami, Professor, University of Prishtina
Some Constitutional-Judicial Arguments for the Independence of Kosovo
Panel 3: Political Dynamics within Serbia
Bozidar Jaksic, Researcher, University of Belgrade
Kosovo/a: Fear, Hate and Hope
Dusan Pavlovic, Researcher, G17 Institute
Panel 4: Political Dynamics within Other Countries in the Balkans
Amb. Lisen Bashkurti, Deputy Foreign Minister of Albania
Political Dynamics within the Balkans: The Cases of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Montenegro
Abdula Aliu, Professor, University of Prishtina
Panel 5
Hajredin Kuçi, Professor of Law, University of Prishtina
The Legal and Political Grounds for, and the Influence of the Actual Situation on, the Demand of the Albanians of Kosovo for Independence
Dr. Arsim Bajrami, Professor, University of Prishtina
Some Constitutional-Judicial Arguments for the Independence of Kosovo
Osman Ismajli, Professor, University of Prishtina
Independence of Kosova: Guarantee of Stability in the Region: Relations with Serbia, Montenegro and Albania
Esat Stavileci, Professor, University of Prishtina
Independence of Kosova: Only Just and Real Solution for the Time-Internal Constitutional and Administrative Structures
Henry H. Perritt, Jr., Professor of Law, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
Note on the “Political Trustee” Concept
Panel 6
Fred Morrison, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Tension between Self-Determination and National Sovereignty, Some Constitutional Approaches
Dr. Enver Hasani, Professor of International Law and Relations, University of Prishtina
Self-Determination of Kosovo under the Terms of the Union Agreement between Serbia and Montenegro of 1991 (“Solana Agreement”)
Dr. Zejnullah Gruda, Professor of Law, University of Prishtina
Key Principles for a Lasting Solution on the Status of Kosova: Internal Border, Uti Possidites and Self-Determination
Panel 7: Economic Structures and Claims
Dr. Besim Beqaj, Economic Adviser to Prime Minister, Kosovo
Kosovo and Regional Cooperation: Stability Pact and Beyond
Thomas A. O’Keefe, Principal, Mercosur Consulting Group
Economic Integration as a Means for Promoting Regional Political Stability: Lessons from the EU and Mercosur
Henry H. Perritt, Jr., Professor of Law, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
Resolving Claims When Countries Disintegrate: The Challenge of Kosovo
Panel 8: Protection of Human Rights after UNMIK Leaves
Wolfgang Benedek, Professor of Law, University of Graz Austria
Human Rights and Political Reality
Bartram Brown, Professor of Law, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
Human Rights, Sovereignty, and the Final Status of Kosovo
Rexhep Murati, Professor of Law, University of Prishtina
Protection of Human Rights under Kosovo’s New Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code
Iliriana Islami, Associate Professor of Law, University of Prishtina
International Legal Personality of Kosovo in the Field of Human Rights: Role of Council of Europe; Kosovo’s Obligations under International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Schedule – Day Two
9:30am–10:30am | Panel 1: Impact of Disorder on 17–18 March |
10:30am–12:00pm | Panel 2: Synthesis and Wrapup Discussion |