Surroi: Membership in the Peace Board, which Osmani signed with Trump, should be sent to the Venice Commission before ratification
Express newspaper
10/02/2026 9:36
Publicist Veton Surroi has suggested that Kosovo’s membership in the Peace Board be sent to the Venice Commission for an opinion before it goes to the Kosovo Parliament for approval.
“Before initiating this ratification of Kosovo’s membership in the Peace Board, it would be worthwhile for Kosovo to obtain an opinion from the Venice Commission on the compatibility between the nature of decision-making in the Charter, namely the Peace Board as an organization, and the Constitution of Kosovo,” he wrote.
He said that ratification of membership by two-thirds of the members of the Kosovo Assembly would mean that Kosovo’s laws would be subject to the Charter of the Peace Board.
Surroi also added that the request for this opinion from the Venice Commission does not mean a waiver of the signature.
“Kosovo, according to the Charter of the Peace Board, can continue as a non-voting member until the eventual decision that parliamentary ratification is needed,” he said.
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A suggestion for reassessment
• Kosovo is part of the same European constitutional family as Italy and Germany. Both of these countries expressed regret over their inability to participate in the Peace Board initiated by President Trump. The reasons given were the inconsistency between their constitutions in the part dealing with the division of sovereignty and the structuring of governance in the Peace Board.
• The President of Kosovo signed the country’s membership at the Davos ceremony on January 22 and is now seeking ratification of this signature in the Kosovo Assembly, according to the provisions of the Peace Board Charter.
• Ratification of membership by two-thirds of the members of the Kosovo Assembly would mean that Kosovo’s laws, current and future, would be subject to the Charter of the Peace Board. Before initiating this ratification of Kosovo’s membership in the Peace Board, it would be worthwhile for Kosovo to obtain an opinion from the Venice Commission on the compatibility between the nature of decision-making in the Charter, namely of the Peace Board as an organization, and the Constitution of Kosovo.
• The request for a constitutional explanatory opinion from the Venice Commission does not mean a withdrawal from the signature. According to the Charter of the Peace Board, Kosovo can continue as a non-voting member until the eventual decision that parliamentary ratification is required.