Live update

Following the submission of the notices of appeal by both Gucati and Haradinaj against the trial judgment, rendered on 18 May 2022, KSC President Trendafilova, as per Rule 172 of the Rules, assigned a Court of Appeals Panel, composed of Judges Michèle Picard, Kai Ambos and Nina Jørgensen to decide on the appeals.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 23 June 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.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 16 June 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 13 June 2022, the Specialist Chamber of the Constitutional Court, composed of Judges Vidar Stensland, Roumen Nenkov and Romina Incutti, issued its decisions on the referrals by Thaci, Veseli and Krasniqi alleging violations of their fundamental rights and challenging, inter alia, the legality of charging Joint Criminal Enterprise and the KSC jurisdiction. The Panel found the referrals premature and therefore declared them 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 Chamber’s decision in respect of Veseli and Krasniqi while the one relating to Thaci can be seen here.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 9 June 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 1 June 2022, Trial Panel I granted the request of the Victims’ counsel  and appointed Mr Stefan Lerz from the Nederlands Rekencentrum Letselschade with the mandate to calculate the material damages and economic loss by the alleged direct victims in the Mustafa case. Mr Lerz is to submit his report by 23 June 2022. More details in the decision.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 2 June 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.

Today’s hearing in the Mustafa case is adjourned and the hearing, scheduled for tomorrow (as a reserve day), 2 June, is cancelled. The trial is adjourned until further notice.

As per Panel’s order from 27 May, an SPO rebuttal witness is testifying in the Mustafa trial. In its oral order today, the Panel, based on the information provided by the Witness Protection and Support Office and having assessed that it is in the interest of justice to ensure that the witness can provide his testimony freely, granted the SPO request to proceed with the testimony of this witness fully in private session.

The stream has been restored and is now working. Please be informed that, due to earlier technical difficulties, a small segment of the hearing was not available in the live stream of the Mustafa trial today. The Kosovo Specialist Chambers will make available to media and the public as soon as possible a full public recording of today's hearing, including the segment which was not available in the live stream.