The proceedings against Salih Mustafa relate to events in the KLA Llap Operational Zone during the period covered by the indictment. The trial took place from 15 September 2021 to 15 September 2022. On 16 December 2022, the Trial Panel found Mustafa guilty of war crimes of arbitrary detention, torture and murder and sentenced him to 26 years of imprisonment. On 6 April 2023, the Trial Panel ordered Mustafa to pay €207,000 in reparations to victims. On 14 December 2023, the Appeals Panel reduced his sentence to 22 years of imprisonment. Following a Supreme Court ruling on 29 July 2024, the case was remitted to the Appeals Panel for reconsideration of the sentence. On 10 September 2024, the Appeals Panel imposed a new sentence of 15 years of imprisonment, with credit for time served. There are eight participating victims in this case.
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Pjetër Shala’s case concerns events that took place between May and June 1999 against persons detained at the Kukës Metal Factory in Albania. The case file was transmitted to Trial Panel I on 21 September 2022. The trial commenced on 21 February 2023 and concluded on 17 April 2024. On 16 July 2024, the Trial Panel found Shala guilty of the war crimes of arbitrary detention, torture and murder and sentenced him to 18 years of imprisonment, with credit for time served. On 29 November 2024, the Panel ordered Shala to pay €208,000 in reparations to victims. On 14 July 2025, the Appeals Panel affirmed Shala’s convictions for arbitrary detention, torture and murder. Having granted in part three grounds of appeal raised by the Defence, it reduced his sentence from 18 to 13 years of imprisonment, with credit for time served. There are eight participating victims in this case.