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Thursday
4 April, 2024
09:45
Trial of Thaçi and others: 54th witness resumes testimony
This morning, the witness W04739 continued the testimony, which is being conducted entirely in closed session.
Wednesday
3 April, 2024
17:15
KSC Weekly Press Briefing on 4 April
Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 4 April, at 14:30. During this briefing, the KSC Spokespersons will provide a short update on the latest developments in the judicial proceedings before the KSC, as well as on other public activities of the Court. Journalists will have the opportunity to ask questions. Pre-registration is required to attend each briefing. To pre-register, please send an email with name and affiliation to [email protected]. Deadline for pre-registration is every Thursday at 12:00. The Zoom details will be shared following pre-registration. Recordings of the update provided during the Weekly Press Briefings will be made available on the KSC YouTube Channel.
Wednesday
3 April, 2024
11:15
Thaçi et al trial: witness W04739 resumes testimony
Following the completion of witness Shaun Byrnes's testimony, the testimony of the 54th SPO witness W04739, which began yesterday, has now resumed. This testimony is taking place entirely in closed session.
Wednesday
3 April, 2024
09:45
Thaçi et al trial: witness Byrnes back in the courtroom
The testimony of the previous (53rd ) SPO witness, Shaun Byrnes, has resumed this morning in the Thaçi et al trial.
Tuesday
2 April, 2024
11:00
Pjetër Shala trial: agenda for the closing statements set
On 28 March 2024, Trial Panel I set the agenda for the closing statements in the case of Pjetër Shala, scheduled to take place from 15 until 18 April 2024.
The agenda, which may be subject to changes decided by the Panel during the hearing, schedules the SPO's statement for 15 and 16 April, followed by the Victims’ counsel (16 April) and the Defence (16 and 17 April). The parties' subsequent responses, comments, questions from the Panel and submissions on reparations should take place on 17 and 18 April. The last day will end with the accused's statement.
Please note that there will be no hearing on 19 April, as originally planned for the closing statements and unless ordered otherwise by the Trial Panel.
Tuesday
2 April, 2024
09:45
Thaçi et al. trial: testimony of new SPO witness begins
This morning, the SPO called its 54th witness. This is a protected witness with the pseudonym W04739, whose testimony will be entirely in closed session, as ordered by the panel for the protection of the witness.
Thursday
28 March, 2024
17:15
Thaçi et al. trial adjourned for the week/resumes on 2 April
The trial in the Thaçi et al. case has adjourned for the day and the week. This trial will resume on Tuesday, 2 April, at 09:00.
Thursday
28 March, 2024
15:30
Technical problems with live stream today
Due to a technical issue, the live stream of today’s hearing in the Thaci et al case froze around 13:30 and lasted for a couple of minutes. We apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused for the viewers of our online stream.
The full transcript of this hearing, along with the video file, will be accessible on our YouTube channel and website as soon as possible.
Thursday
28 March, 2024
14:45
KSC Weekly Press Briefing on 28 March 2024: transcript
Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.
Thursday
28 March, 2024
13:00
Januzi et al. case: Pre-Trial Judge sets calendar for the next procedural steps
On 27 March 2024, Judge Guillou issued an order with concrete time lines for the remaining pre-trial proceedings in the case against Sabit Januzi, Ismet Bahtijari and Haxhi Shala.
As per the funding situation of their teams, the Defence is ordered to complete and submit the required forms and documentations by 12 April 2024 if they intend to request legal aid from the KSC. The Judge ordered the Defence teams to file written submissions if there are any obstacles in meeting the deadline for submitting the necessary forms, and he also requested the Registry to process these applications on an urgent basis.
Among other deadlines, the Judge also ordered that the Defence must file its pre-trial brief by 7 June and set 21 June 2024 as the date for transmitting the case file to the Trial Panel.
The decision with more details is available here.