The Ombudsperson Institution is holding a discussion table on the occasion of the National Day of Missing Persons.

The legal advisor in this institution, Labinot Sheremeti, said that the Ombudsperson in 2023 published the report on transitional justice and the implementation of its mechanisms, where its purpose was to document the crimes committed during the war and ensure justice for the victims. of these crimes.

Speaking about the number of victims during the last war in Kosovo, Sheremeti said that although they do not have official data, according to local and international organizations, it appears that over 13,500 people were killed or disappeared during the years 1998-2000.

He said that 10,000 of them are civilians, 1,133 of them are children killed or missing, whereas the fate of about 1,600 missing persons still remains unknown.

Meanwhile, speaking about the material damages of the war, Sheremeti said that according to the calculations, the damages were considered to be at around 22 billion euros, including 120,000 destroyed houses.

He also mentioned the amendment of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which enabled the trial in absentia for suspects who committed war crimes and that the first indictments have already been filed.