In an order issued on 21 November 2025, the Trial Panel set out a series of deadlines and directions concerning the conclusion of the Defence case and the remaining stages of the proceedings.
Among other matters, the Panel instructed the Thaçi and Krasniqi Defence teams to formally close their cases by 2 December 2025, or on the first working day following the issuance of the Panel’s last decision on the outstanding requests for admission of evidence, whichever occurs earlier.
With regard to the final trial briefs and the statement on the impact of the alleged crimes on participating victims, the Panel partially granted the Parties’ request for an extension and ordered that these filings be submitted by 19 January 2026, to be followed by closing statements, scheduled to take place from 9 to 13 February 2026.
The Panel deferred its decision on the modalities of potential reparations proceedings to a later stage. It also rejected the Defence request for a separate sentencing procedure, confirming that any sentencing, if applicable, will be addressed together with the Trial Judgment, and directing the Parties to include any sentencing-related submissions in their final trial briefs.