Live update

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.

On 22 July, the Pre-Trial Judge granted, in part, the request by the Thaci Defence alleging defects in the latest indictment against the accused in this case, filed on 29 April 2022. Judge Guillou ordered the SPO to file a further amended confirmed indictment, with a number of additional information to the current charges, by 30 September 2022. The details about the additions can be seen in the actual decision.

During and shortly before the summer court recess, the Court of Appeals denied three Defence appeals against decisions on detention: on 19 July in the Shala case and on 29 July and 2 August the appeals by Selimi and Krasniqi (Thaci et al. case) were dismissed.

On 21 and 22 July 2022 respectively, the Mustafa Defence and the Prosecution filed their final trial briefs.

As announced in our Calendar, the summer court recess at the KSC begins on Monday, 25 July and ends on 12 August 2022. During this period, no hearings are held and some non-essential services are reduced to a minimum. However, the court remains fully functional during this period and work continues across all sections of the KSC. Filings are possible during the recess and, unless otherwise ordered by the judges, judicial deadlines continue running.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 14 July 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 per the 1 July order of the Court of Appeals Panel, both Gucati and Haradinaj re-filed their notices of appeal against the trial judgment, pronounced on 18 May 2022.