Live update

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.

Please be informed that we are experiencing technical  issues with the delay feed, due to which the livestream online is not available at the moment. We are working on resolving the issue.

Trial Panel I on Friday granted the SPO’s request to hear a rebuttal witness and set Wednesday, 1 June 2022, as the date on which the witness will appear. The Trial Panel’s decision can be found here.

On 26 May 2022, the Defence of Salih Mustafa notified about the official closure of its case. The notification is here.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 26 May, 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 25 May 2022, Pre-Trial Judge Guillou issued a third decision on victims' participation in the Thaci et al. case. Twelve new applicants were admitted to the proceedings as participating victims. They will be included in the existing group of victims (Group 1 with 20 participating victims previously admitted) and shall be represented by the same Victims' Counsel.

On 20 May 2022, a Court of Appeals Panel denied the appeals, filed by Thaci and Veseli, against the decision of the Pre-Trial Judge dismissing the Defence challenges related to the legality of the KSC&SPO and alleged violations of certain constitutional rights of the accused. The decision is available in the Public Court Records.

During the status conference in the Thaci et al. case today, Pre-Trial Judge Nicolas Guillou issued an oral order directing the Defence teams to file their respective pre-trial briefs by Friday, 21 October 2022.