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