Live update

Today, 16 December 2022, Trial Panel I pronounced its Judgment in the case of The Specialist Prosecutor v. Salih Mustafa. The Trial Panel found Mr. Mustafa guilty of the war crimes of arbitrary detention, torture and murder and sentenced him to a prison sentence of 26 years. More details in the Press Release.

The streaming of the pronouncement of the trial judgment in the case against Salih Mustafa, scheduled for 09:00 this morning, will be broadcast with a delay of 10 minutes. Click here to watch the live stream in English.

Following today’s transmission of the case file by the Pre-Trial Judge, Trial Panel II scheduled a status conference in the Thaci et al. case for 16 December at 10:30. More details in the scheduling order.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Friday, 16 December at 11:00. 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 this briefing. To pre-register, please send an email with name and affiliation to [email protected]. Deadline for pre-registration is Friday, 16 December, at 09:00. 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.

Pre-Trial Judge Guillou issued a fourth decision on victims' participation in the Thaci et al. case. Twenty one new applicants were admitted to the proceedings as participating victims. They will be included in the existing group of victims (Group 1 with 32 participating victims previously admitted) and shall be represented by the same Victims' Counsel. Twenty applications were rejected. More details in the decision.

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

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 8 December 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, 6 December 2022, Trial Panel I scheduled the pronouncement of the trial judgment in the case against Salih Mustafa for 16 December 2022 at 09:00. Here is the scheduling order.

In its response today, the SPO submitted that the appeals of both Defence teams should be rejected and the sentences confirmed. The Defence teams thereafter replied, followed by the personal address by both Gucati and Haradinaj. The appeal hearing in this case has concluded. The Court of Appeals Panel will render its judgment in due course.

During the second day of the appeal hearing, the SPO will respond to the Defence submissions, followed by the replies of both Defence teams. Today’s hearing is expected to conclude with the final statement by the President Judge preceded by (an optional) personal address by both appellants.