Tuesday 10th September 2024
Judgment in Joined Cases C-29/22 P KS and KD v Council and Others and C-44/22 P Commission v KS and Others
(External relations – Common foreign and security policy – Fundamental rights)
In 2008, the European Union set up a civilian rule of law mission, known as Eulex Kosovo, tasked in particular with investigating crimes and people who disappeared or were killed in Kosovo in 1999 during the conflict there.
In 2009, the EU set up a Human Rights Monitoring Commission to examine complaints of human rights violations committed by Eulex Kosovo in the exercise of its mandate.
Following complaints lodged by KS and KD, between November 2015 and October 2016, the Control Commission concluded that several fundamental rights had been violated.
In March 2017, the Commission closed the cases in question, while noting that the head of Eulex Kosovo had only partially implemented the recommendations it had made.
KS and KD have taken the Council, the European Commission and the European External Action Service to the EU General Court.
They are seeking compensation for the damage they believe they have suffered as a result of various acts and omissions relating, in particular, to the investigations carried out during the Eulex Kosovo mission.
In December 2017, the Court declared itself manifestly incompetent to hear this action.
In June 2021, KS and KD filed an application for measures of inquiry, seeking the production of the full version of Eulex Kosovo’s plan of operation (see Order of December 14, 2017, KS/Conseil and Others T-840/16).
In November 2021, the General Court dismissed this application, also on the grounds that it clearly lacked jurisdiction to hear it (see Order of November 10, 2021 KS et KD/Conseil and OthersT-771/20).
The Court of Justice has been called to rule on these appeals.
Background Documents C-29/22 P and C-44/22 P
Dienstag, 10. September 2024
Urteil des Gerichtshofs (Große Kammer) in den verbundenen Rechtsmittelsachen C‑29/22 P KS und KD / Rat u. a. und C‑44/22 P Kommission / KS u.a.
Eulex-Mission im Kosovo – Schadensersatzklage
Zwei Betroffene verloren infolge des Kosovo-Konflikts 1999 Familienangehörige. Diese Morde und Entführungen wurden nie aufgeklärt.
2008 setzte die Europäische Union eine zivile Mission im Kosovo ein – die Rechtsstaatlichkeitsmission Eulex Kosovo -, die u. a. mit der Untersuchung solcher Verbrechen betraut war.
Die Betroffenen meinen, Eulex Kosovo habe die Verbrechen an ihren Familienangehörigen nicht ordnungsgemäß untersucht und dadurch ihre Grundrechte verletzt. Sie erhoben deswegen eine Schadensersatzklage vor dem Gericht der EU.
Das Gericht wies die Klage mit Beschluss vom 10. November 2021 mit der Begründung ab, dass es für die Entscheidung nicht zuständig sei.
Hiergegen legten sowohl die Betroffenen als auch die Europäische Kommission Rechtsmittel beim Gerichtshof ein.
Generalanwältin Ćapeta hat in ihren Schlussanträgen vom 23. November 2023 die Ansicht vertreten, dass Einzelpersonen vor den Unionsgerichten eine Schadensersatzklage gegen die Union erheben könnten, die auf mutmaßliche Grundrechtsverletzungen durch Maßnahmen der Gemeinsamen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der Union gestützt sei. Die Feststellung des Gerichts, es sei für die Entscheidung über die Schadensersatzklage nicht zuständig, sei mit einem Rechtsfehler behaftet (siehe Pressemitteilung Nr. 179/23).
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