Live update

A public redacted version of the trial judgment in English, pronounced on 16 December 2022 against Salih Mustafa, is now available in our Public Court Records as well as on the Mustafa case page.

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

Today, 19 January, Trial Panel II, upon further consultations with the parties and the participants,  amended its previous (oral) order and scheduled the Specialist Prosecutor’s Preparation Conference in the Thaҫi et al. case for 15 February 2023 at 09:30. Here is the order.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 19 January 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.

Please be informed that the trial preparation conference in the case against Thaçi, Veseli, Selimi and Krasniqi concluded today. During the hearing, Trial Panel II issued a number of oral decisions ordering, inter alia, that, subject to any exceptional circumstances arising in the coming weeks, the trial in this case will commence on 1 March 2023, preceded by the Specialist Prosecutor’s Preparation Conference on 17 February. Among other oral orders relating to different deadlines, the Panel also set the deadline for applications for admission of victims participating in the proceedings – the Registry is ordered to file any such application by 15 February 2023 at 16:00.

Today, 16 January 2023, the Court of Appeals Panel scheduled the pronouncement of the appeal judgment in the Hysni Gucati and Nasim Haradinaj case for 2 February 2023 at 14:00. Here is the scheduling order.

As announced during the last status conference, Trial Panel II scheduled the trial preparation conference in the case against Thaçi, Veseli, Selimi and Krasniqi for 18 January at 09:30. More details in the scheduling order.

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

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 12 January 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 9 January 2023, a Court of the Appeals Panel granted in part a motion by Mustafa Defence for an extension of the time limit for filing its notice of appeal against the trial judgment. The Panel authorised the Defence, as well as the SPO, to file their notices of appeal, if any, by 3 February 2023. More details in the decision.