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Pursuant to the order of the Single Trial Judge earlier this month, Defence teams in the case against Thaçi et al. on administration of justice charges have begun filing their notifications on the presentation of evidence in the proceedings. So far, the Defence for Hashim Thaçi, Isni Kilaj and Fadil Fazliu have filed their notifications.

The Thaçi and Kilaj Defence indicated their intention to present evidence, while the Fazliu Defence notified that it does not intend to do so.

The notifications are available via this link.

As indicated in the Court Calendar, the Defence Preparation Conference is scheduled to take place on 1 April 2026 from 14:00 to 17:30.
 

On 27 March 2026, the Defence for Hashim Thaçi filed a public redacted version of its final trial brief, which was initially submitted confidentially on 19 January 2026. The filing is available in the Public Court Records.
This is the second final trial brief made public so far, following the one filed by Veseli, as previously announced.

On 25 March 2026, President Trendafilova assigned a Constitutional Court Panel to consider the Defence request by Pjetër Shala for an extension of time, until 15 June 2026, to file a referral, following the Supreme Court decision of 9 March 2026. Judges Vidar Stensland, Roumen Nenkov and Piotr Hofmański will decide on this request and any related filings in this matter.

As indicated by Single Trial Judge Gosnell when issuing his oral order on 3 March 2026, the written reasons for his decision to vary certain provisional release conditions for Kilaj, Smakaj, Fazliu and Kuçi are now available.
In his reasons, Judge Gosnell confirmed that the accused may communicate with one another while present on the KSC premises, subject to the limitations set out in the oral order. In addition, the Judge clarified that this exception also applies when the accused participate in the proceedings via video-conference. 

Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.

Please be informed that this week’s press briefing will, exceptionally, take place tomorrow at 09:30 instead of 14:30.

Recordings of the updates provided during the weekly press briefings will be made available on the KSC YouTube channel.

Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.

The Single Trial Judge in the case against Thaçi et al. on charges related to the administration of justice issued his decision on the review of Hashim Thaçi’s detention conditions, following the earlier decision imposing such restrictions. In his decision, Judge Gosnell maintained the existing restrictions on Thaçi’s non-privileged visits by certain individuals, finding them to remain necessary and proportionate. At the same time, the Judge lifted the prohibition on non-privileged visits by one of the previously restricted individuals, subject to monitoring of visits.
The restrictions will continue to be reviewed for their necessity and proportionality. More details are available in the decision, whose public redacted version was filed on 16 March 2026. 
 

In its latest detention review decision of 16 March, the Trial Panel in the Thaçi et al. case ordered the continued detention of Kadri Veseli. The Panel found that the risks that the accused may obstruct the progress of the proceedings or commit further offences continue to exist.

In a scheduling order issued on 13 March 2026, the Single Trial Judge in the case against Thaçi et al. on administration of justice charges set new deadlines and varied some of those previously announced in his oral order of 5 March.
•    Any Defence motion for dismissal of charges is to be filed by 23 March 2026, with any SPO response due by 25 March 2026.
•    The Single Trial Judge intends to render a decision on these motions, if any, by 27 March 2026 at 16:00. Subject to the outcome of any Rule 130 motion, the Defence shall inform by the same date whether they intend to present a Defence case.
•    A Defence Preparation Conference will be held during the week of 30 March 2026, while Defence opening statements will take place on 7 April 2026, followed by the hearing of Defence witnesses until 24 April 2026.

Earlier, in internal correspondence to the parties on 10 March 2026, the Single Trial Judge varied the time limit for the SPO to give notice of the close of its case to 13 March 2026 at 16:00, and set the deadline for the Defence teams to file any notice of intention to submit a motion for dismissal of charges pursuant to Rule 130 by 13 March 2026 at midnight. 

On 13 March 2026, the SPO filed a notice of the close of its case.