Live update

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

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 2 March 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 27 February 2023, Specialist Prosecutor’s Office submitted a public lesser redacted version of the amended indictment in the case of Thaçi, Veseli, Krasniqi and Selimi. This latest version of the indictment is available in English here. More information about this case, including the indictment history is available on the case page. 

In its decision on the conduct of the proceedings in the Shala trial, Trial Panel I, inter alia, allocated 53.5 hours to the SPO to present its case, during which the SPO intends to call 19 witnesses. The Defence will be given the same amount of time to cross-examine an SPO witness as effectively used by the SPO for its direct examination of that witness. The Victims’ Counsel shall be allocated 25 per cent of the time effectively used by the SPO. Finally, the Panel set 19 May and 16 June as additional hearing dates and cancelled 30 June as a hearing day. More details in the actual order.

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

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

Shala Defence completed its opening statement, followed by an unsworn statement of the accused, pursuant to Rule 142(1) of the Rules. The hearing is adjourned for today and the trial will resume on 27 March at 09:30 with the commencement of the evidence presentation.

The Defence has commenced with its opening statement at the trial of Pjetër Shala.

Trial Panel II issued a fifth decision on victims' participation in the Thaci et al. case. Eighty four new applicants were admitted to the proceedings as participating victims. They will be included in the existing group of victims (Group 1 with 53 participating victims previously admitted) and shall be represented by the same Victims' Counsel. This brings the total number of participating victims in this case to 137. Eighty six applications were rejected in the latest decision. More details here.

The Victims’ counsel completed his opening statement in the trial against Shala. The hearing is adjourned for today and the trial will resume tomorrow (22 February) at 09:30, with the Defence’s opening statement.