Former UNMIK legal advisor Hansjoerg Strohmeyer began his testimony on Monday at the Special Court in The Hague.
According to prosecutor Vega Iodice, who referred to him as witness 02183, he held this role from June to September 1999.
According to her, Strohmeyer will provide testimony regarding meetings he had with KLA leaders, the presence of military police, as well as moments of tension between the Provisional Government and the international administration.
"Witness 02183 was a legal advisor to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) from June to September 1999. Witness 02193 will give evidence regarding the situation he saw in Kosovo when he arrived and the meetings he had with KLA leaders and the issues they discussed together. The witness will give evidence about KLA police units, local authorities and the tensions that UNMIK had with the Provisional Government of Kosovo," she said.
Strohmeyer is the author of the book “Making Multilateral Interventions Work: The UN and the Creation of Transitional Justice Systems in Kosovo and East Timor.”
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