Live update

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 25 August 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.

On 22 August 2022, the Specialist Chamber of the Constitutional Court, composed of Judges Vidar Stensland, Roumen Nenkov and Romina Incutti, issued its decision on the referral by Pjetër Shala alleging violations of his fundamental rights, filed on 19 July this year. The Panel found the referral premature and therefore declared it inadmissible pursuant to Article 113(7) of the Constitution, Article 49(3) of the Law and Rule 14(f) of the Rules of Procedure for the Specialist Chamber of the Constitutional Court. Here is the Panel's decision.

Hysni Gucati filed his appeal brief against the judgment, pronounced on 18 May this year. The public redacted version, filed on 22 August, is available here, together with the annexes.

On 22 August 2022, the Court of Appeals Panel denied the latest appeal by Hashim Thaci against the decision of the Pre-Trial Judge, ordering his continued detention.

On 22 August 2022, the Court of Appeals Panel denied three appeals, filed by Thaci, Selimi and Krasniqi, against an earlier decision of the Pre-Trial Judge, in which some of the Defence’s preliminary motions were dismissed and the SPO was ordered to file a corrected version of the confirmed indictment. The decision of the Court of Appeals is here and more information about the indictment history can be seen on the case page.

In his recent decision, the Pre-Trial Judge in the Shala case adjusted his initial projection of 31 August 2022 for transmission of the case to trial and set a new tentative date to 21 September 2022. Furthermore, the Judge extended the deadline for the Defence to submit its pre-trial brief from 15 August to 5 September 2022. The full decision is here.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 18 August 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.

The public redacted version of the trial judgment in the Gucati&Haradinaj case, pronounced on 18 May 2022, is now available in Albanian. The judgment, along with all the updated information about this case, can also be found on the dedicated case page.

On 15 August 2022, the Supreme Court Panel, consisting of Judges Ekaterina Trendafilova (presiding), Christine van den Wyngaert and Michael Bohlander, dismissed the request by Kadri Veseli for protection of legality in relation to a decision by the Court of Appeals Panel on 31 March 2022, in which it upheld a Pre-Trial Judge’s decision continuing Mr Veseli’s detention.

On 11 August 2022, Pre-Trial Judge Guillou issued a second decision on victims' participation in the case against Pjetër Shala. One new applicant was admitted to the proceedings as a participating victim and this individual will be included in the existing group of victims (Group 1 with another person previously admitted) and shall be represented by the same Victims' Counsel.