REGULATION NO. 2000/14
UNMIK/REG/2000/14
18 March 2000
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General,
Pursuant to the authority given to him under United Nations
Security Council resolution 1244 (1999)
of 10 June 1999,
Taking into account United Nations Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Regulation No. 1999/1 of 25 July 1999,
as amended, on the Authority of the Interim Administration in Kosovo, UNMIK Regulation
No. 1999/24 of 12 December 1999 on the Law Applicable in Kosovo, and relevant
provisions of the applicable law including those providing for the right to
counsel,
In order to ensure the proper administration of
justice,
Hereby promulgates the following:
Section 1
1.1 In addition
to the five months maximum period of custody permitted pursuant to Article 528
of the applicable Criminal Procedure Law pending the proper completion of a
petition for the extradition of a person from Kosovo, an examining judge of the
competent District Court may, in order to ensure the proper administration of
justice, extend custody by not more than one (1) additional month.
1.2 The
extension of custody under section 1.1 of the present regulation shall be
ordered where the circumstances required for custody exist in accordance with
Article 528 of the applicable Criminal Procedure Law.
Section 2
Section 1 of the present regulation shall apply also
to any proceedings relating to an extradition petition which were initiated
between 10 June 1999 and the date of entry into force of the present
regulation.
Section 3
The present regulation shall enter into force on 18
March 2000.
Bernard Kouchner
Special Representative of the Secretary-General