Live update

Following the completion of the testimony of witness Gjergj Dedaj, today’s hearing in the Thaçi et al. trial has adjourned. The trial will resume tomorrow, 9 November 2023, at 09:00, when the testimony of next SPO witness is expected to commence.

During today’s hearing, the Panel issued an oral order on the publicity of the proceedings in this case, according to which the parties are ordered to engage into review of the private sessions of the transcripts of hearings within the specific deadlines.

As a general rule, the parties must further sufficiently identify a protected witness or confidential information in each of their request for redaction of information. In so doing, they should account for the need to ensure the greatest amount of publicity of these proceedings but also the effective protection of those who have been granted protective measures.

The Panel also introduced an additional measure, which should further foster the publicity of the proceedings: the parties will simultaneously file public redacted versions of the same filings along with their confidential filings, unless there are compelling reasons not to do so.

Please note that this oral order is related to the same matter we already announced earlier this year, when the Panel expressed its concern that much of the evidence in this trial had been private or closed.

On 6 November 2023, the KSC Single Judge Nicolas Guillou ordered the continued detention for Isni Kilaj. The decision, which can be seen here, reads, inter alia, that Judge Guillou, having considered the parties’ submissions, found there is a grounded suspicion that Kilaj has committed offences against the administration of justice falling under the KSC jurisdiction and that, due to flight and other risks, continued detention against the suspect is appropriate.