This article examines challenges in seeking justice for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (crsv) survivors in Kosovo. It analyses the roles and responsibilities of international missions and how deficiencies impact the prosecution and adjudication of crsv by Kosovo’s justice system. A key question is why two decades after the 1998–1999 war in Kosovo survivors of crsv cannot find justice? The end of the international mandates, the large number of war crime cases transferred, unfinished files, and the necessity for specific expertise in handling the gender-based violence are some of the existing challenges which undermine the prosecution and adjudication of crsv in Kosovo. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (icty) established accountability for sexual violence in armed conflicts. This article seeks to scaffold the icty experience by developing an accurate and comprehensive understanding of the nature of crsv and by examining its impact on survivors and victims’ alike. This paper then explores how a contexualist interpretation of international and domestic criminal law provisions can prioritise the prosecution of crsv amid other pressing needs in Kosovo.

本文探讨了为科索沃与冲突相关的性暴力 ( crsv ) 幸存者寻求正义所面临的挑战。它分析了国际特派团的作用和责任，以及缺陷如何影响科索沃司法系统对crsv的起诉和裁决。一个关键问题是，为什么在 1998 年至 1999 年科索沃战争之后的 20 年里，crsv 的幸存者无法伸张正义？国际任务的结束、移交的大量战争罪案件、未完成的档案，以及处理基于性别的暴力的特定专业知识的必要性，是破坏科索沃对crsv的起诉和审判的一些现有挑战。前南斯拉夫问题国际刑事法庭（icty ) 确立了对武装冲突中性暴力的问责制。本文旨在脚手架的前南刑庭通过开发性质的准确和全面的了解体验CRSV并通过考察其对幸存者和受害者一样的影响。然后，本文探讨了对国际和国内刑法条款的情境主义解释如何在科索沃的其他紧迫需求中优先起诉crsv。