However, these problems can be corrected later - Kosovo simply cannot wait until a tidy internationally blessed code has been delivered. International support has begun the process of repairing the damaged courthouses. Police and corrections officers are being trained and will eventually assume responsibilities for law enforcement duties. The penitentiary is partially opened and the destruction is no longer quite so visible. Judicial training is becoming relevant and important for the first time.
Judicial independence is a subject that is discussed and debated with vigor.
But the problem of ethnic bias and revenge will not be solved soon. The divided city of Mitrovica remains an uneasy symbol of the anger and violence that has plagued the Balkans for countless centuries. For now, recognizing the inevitable, international judges and prosecutors have been recruited to handle the difficult cases of Serb vs. Albanian and other ethnic grievances. It is impossible to predict how the ouster of Milosevic will affect this continuing conflict or, for that matter, the future of Kosovo. Furthermore, the question of what to do with war criminals has not yet been resolved.