Live update

Today’s hearing in the Shala adjourned as originally scheduled at 16:00. The trial will resume tomorrow (Tuesday, 27 June), at 09:30.

The 9th Prosecution witness in the Shala trial is an expert witness Marek Gasior, a forensic medicine expert from Poland. Please be informed that today’s hearing is expected to last until 16:45 (or 17:30 in the delayed feed online).  

Due to technical issues, the trial against Shala is on break until 13:00 (or 13:45 in the delayed feed online). The new sitting schedule for today will be announced after 13:00.

Please be informed that the hearing in the Shala case will start at 10:11 (or at 10:56 via the delayed feed online).

Today's hearing in the Shala case will commence at 10:00 (or 10:45 via the delayed feed).

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

On 21 June 2023, the Court of Appeals Panel denied the appeals, filed by two groups of individuals, against the decision of the Trial Panel (from 20 February 2023) denying their application to participate as victims in the Thaçi et al. case. Here is the full decision of the Court of Appeals Panel.

The Trial Panel in the Thaçi et al. case granted in part a motion by the SPO and ordered the exclusion of a member of one Defence team from the courtroom during the testimony of witnesses with protective measures. The Panel also reminded the parties of the relevant part of the Order on the Conduct of Proceedings  (“Attendance in court shall in principle be limited to Counsel and case managers. Where a Party wishes to bring in the courtroom another team member, it shall give 24-hour advance notice to all Parties and participants, to the Registry and to the Trial Panel”).

More details in the full decision.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 22 June 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.

The status conference is completed and the hearing, previously scheduled for tomorrow (21 June), is cancelled. The Thaçi et al. trial will resume on 10 July at 09:00.