Live update

On 28 January 2022, the Registrar assigned Mr Laws to represent the victim in the case of the Specialist Prosecutor v Pjetër Shala. The Pre-Trial Judge accepted one individual as a victim participating in the proceedings on 15 December 2021.

Following the completion of testimony of the last Haradinaj Defence witness, Robert Reid, the trial against Gucati&Haradinaj is adjourned for the week. It will resume on Monday, 31 January, at 09:30, with a status conference.

Haradinaj's Defence expert witness Robert Reid resumes his testimony in the Gucati&Haradinaj trial.

As announced in our Court Calendar, the 10th Status Conference in the case against Thaci, Veseli, Selimi and Krasniqi is scheduled for Friday, 4 February, at 14:30. More details in the scheduling order.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 27 January, 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](link sends e-mail)(link sends e-mail). 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 trial against Mustafa is adjourned for the week and the sessions, previously scheduled for Wednesday (26 January) and Thursday (27 January), are cancelled. The trial will resume on Tuesday, 1 February, at 09:30.

Former officer of the 153rd Brigade of the KLA, Sejdi Veseli, is the next SPO witness in the Mustafa trial.

The trial against Gucati&Haradinaj trial is adjourned for today. It will resume, as scheduled, on Friday, 28 January, at 08:00.

Trial Panel I issued its second decision on the conduct of the proceedings in the Mustafa trial, according to which the target date for the closing of the SPO case is set for 4 February, following the testimony of the SPO’s last witness W04849. Should the Defence wish to present a case, it shall file, by 11 February 2022, its lists of witnesses and exhibits.The Victims’ Counsel shall file within the same deadline a list of proposed (expert) witnesses to be called by the Panel, pursuant to Rule 114(5). The decision further states that the Defence preparation conference and the Victim’s status conference will be jointly convened on 17 February 2022, with 18 February, as a reserve day.

The decision with more details is available here.

The fourth witness of the Haradinaj’s Defence is an expert witness, Robert Reid, former Chief of Operations at the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTY.