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Ardona Popova
- December 10, 2024 19:29
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Nine years after the entry into force of the Law on Electronic Surveillance, the Ministry of Interior has launched the project of electronic bracelets for monitoring the movements of suspects and perpetrators. State leaders qualified the project as of great importance for the prevention of new cases of domestic violence
Placing an electronic bracelet on the hands or feet of suspected persons or perpetrators will enable the monitoring of their movements to avoid approaching the victims.
The project of electronic links was launched on Tuesday, nine years after the entry into force of the Law on Electronic Surveillance that envisaged their use.
The contract between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the economic operator for the implementation of this law was signed in July of this year.
At the launch of this project, Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that electronic surveillance will contribute to reducing cases of domestic violence.
"The defect is not the lack of links for electronic monitoring, but the non-compliance with protective orders. Now, since there are such persons who will continue to disobey protective orders, we have taken a giant step in the supervision of all these persons who have filled the news in recent years with cases of domestic violence". Prime Minister Kurti said. "Ankles, bracelets will be placed on the hand or leg of the perpetrator or the suspect. On the other hand, also the trackers, who will have the victims so that we can successfully fight domestic violence like never before. In the event that there will be such situations where the suspect or the perpetrator approaches the victim within a certain area, both levels will be immediately notified, both local and central Police, and then there are standard procedures for intervention".
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The Minister of Justice, Albulena Haxhiu, qualified the project as one of the most important in terms of protecting the lives of girls and women.
"We have continuously said that we will take every action to protect the lives of girls and women in Kosovo. We have taken many actions. This is one of the most important projects to protect the life and dignity of girls and women in Kosovo. Domestic violence is not a private matter, it is the responsibility of the institutions and in this case we expect serious actions, especially from the Prosecutor's Office and the Court. The low sentences and actions issued in regular procedure by the Prosecutor's Office encourage the violators so that the state, i.e. with these actions, the institutions of justice, are turning the violators into murderers", emphasized Minister Haxhiu.
The Minister of the Interior, Xelal Sveçla, announced that the system will also be applied to the prevention of other criminal offenses.
"This is a success of the Police, but also of the entire justice system towards preventing the recurrence of violence against girls and women, but not only. This system will definitely be used in other cases to prevent various criminal offenses, but the primary role is to prevent the recurrence of violence against women. The efficient implementation of the system will bring an extremely big change in the prevention of this serious crime", said Minister Sveçla.
The general director of the Police, Gazmend Hoxha, emphasized that the functioning of the tracking bracelet system was an obligation of the Police, based on the Law on Electronic Surveillance.
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"And this was to have a functional system for electronic surveillance of cases of domestic violence. The government has allocated a special budget for this project and the Police has created a team to negotiate and draft the project and we have managed to complete the project", said Director Hoxha.
The law entered into force in July 2015, as funds of 600 euros for the purchase of bracelets were allocated in April of last year.
