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In the detention review decision of 2 April 2026, the Single Trial Judge in the administration of justice case against Thaçi et al. ordered the continued detention of Hashim Thaçi. Judge Gosnell found that a real risk remains that the accused, if released, may obstruct the progress of the proceedings and commit further offences.
This is the eight such decision in this case; all detention review decisions are available in the Public Court Records.

The transcript of the KSC Weekly Press Briefing on 02/04/2026 is now available. 

Further to the assignment of a Constitutional Court Panel last week, on 31 March 2026, the Panel granted in part the Defence request by Pjetër Shala for an extension of time to file a referral. The Panel extended the time limit for filing the referral to 1 June 2026. 

During the Defence Preparation Conference held today, 1 April 2026, the Single Trial Judge, having heard the parties’ submissions, instructed the parties to be available on 14 and 15 April for the potential testimony of a Defence witness, noting that there are no witnesses be heard next week. Accordingly, the trial is adjourned until 14 April, subject to any further notifications by the Judge, and the hearings scheduled until then are cancelled. During the hearing, Judge Gosnell also granted the request by Fazliu to attend the Defence phase of the trial via video-conference.

Please be reminded that the Defence Preparation Conference in the case against Thaçi, Smakaj, Kilaj, Fazliu and Kuçi on administration of justice charges is scheduled to take place from 14:00 to 17:30.
As with similar hearings, the conference will be broadcast online with a 45-minute delay and can be followed via this link.

The Defence teams for Bashkim Smakaj and Hajredin Kuçi have filed their notifications indicating that they do not intend to present evidence in the proceedings.
As announced earlier, the Defence for Hashim Thaçi and Isni Kilaj have indicated that they intend to present evidence, while the Defence for Fadil Fazliu does not.

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.