Live update

On 2 September 2022, the appeal brief of Nasim Haradinaj was reclassified as public and its latest corrected version is available here. Hysni Gucati already filed his brief earlier in August.

On 31 August, Trial Panel I set the agenda for the closing statements in the Mustafa case, scheduled to take place form 13 until 15 September 2022 (with 16 September as a reserve day). The agenda, which may be subject to changes decided by the Panel during the hearing, specifies, inter alia, that the SPO’s closing statement will take place on 13 September, followed by the statements of the Victims’ counsel and the Defence on 14 September. The responses, questions from the Panel and the statements on reparations are scheduled to take place on 15 September, the decision further reads.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 1 September 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.

As announced in our Court Calendar, next Status Conference in the case against Thaci, Veseli, Selimi and Krasniqi is scheduled for 8 September at 13:30. More details in the scheduling order.

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.