Live update

Halil Berisha, who worked as a journalist for the Kosovo media outlet Gazeta InFokus in September 2020, is the second SPO witness in the Gucati&Haradinaj trial. The witness has been compelled to appear for testimony according to Rule 121(2) of the KSC Rules of Procedure and Evidence and is assisted by a duty counsel.

SPO witness Zdenka Pumper resume her testimony in the Gucati&Haradinaj trial. She is currently being cross-examined by the Haradinaj’s Defence.

Trial Panel II ordered the Kosovo police to provide information, by 26 November 2021, regarding, inter alia, its authority and capability regarding the potential temporary release of Hysni Gucati and Nasim Haradinaj. The order is here.

In another, related, decision, Trial Panel II ordered the KSC Registrar to provide her submissions, within the same deadline, about the detention regime at the Specialist Chambers’ detention facilities.

The Gucati Defence resumes with the cross-examination of the SPO witness Zdenka Pumper.

The trial will resume on Monday, 25 October, at 09:30.

The Defence of Hysni Gucati resumes its cross-examination of the SPO witness Zdenka Pumper.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place today 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.

SPO first witness Zdenka Pumper resumes her testimony in the Gucati & Haradinaj trial. She is currently being cross-examined by the Defence.

The Pre-Trial Judge in the Shala case issued two decisions today in relation to the Defence's motions challenging the form of the indictment and the establishment/jurisdiction of the Specialist Chambers. Having found that the confirmed indictment in this case needs to be amended in order to, inter alia, provide the required level of specificity and clarity, Judge Guillou granted in part the Defence's motion and ordered the Specialist Prosecutor's Office to submit a corrected version of the indictment no later than 1 November 2021. The remainder of the Defence's challenges to the form of the indictment were dismissed.

In the second decision, Judge Guillou rejected the Defence motion challenging the establishment and the jurisdiction of the Specialist Chambers as well as the alleged violations of the accused's constitutional rights.

SPO investigator Zdenka Pumper resumes her testimony in the Gucati&Haradinaj trial.