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On 20 January 2022, President Ekaterina Trendafilova was the keynote speaker at the opening of the judicial year for 2022, which was held at the International Criminal Court (ICC). During this event, the ICC held a solemn hearing, which was attended by the ICC Principals, the President of the...

The President and the Registrar of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) today welcomed the Kosovo Deputy Minister of Justice, Mr Blerim Sallahu, and his delegation at the KSC premises for a courtesy visit. Among the topics discussed were the KSC legal aid scheme, family visits to detainees, and the...

On 17 September 2021, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr Karim A. A. Khan, appointed Judge Christine van den Wyngaert to serve as one of his Special Advisors in accordance with Article 42(9) of the Rome Statute. President Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova sincerely congratulated...

The President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC), Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova and Registrar Dr Fidelma Donlon, following their meetings with civil society, met with the Kosovo Ombudsperson, Mr. Naim Qelaj yesterday. During this meeting, the President and the Registrar updated the Ombudsperson...

On 15 July 2021, President Ekaterina Trendafilova assigned Judges Charles Smith III, Christoph Barthe, Guénaël Mettraux and Fergal Gaynor (reserve) to Trial Panel II. The assignment follows the notification by the Pre-Trial Judge that the complete case file in the case of the Specialist Prosecutor v...

On 23 June, the Registrar of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC), Dr Fidelma Donlon, and the Specialist Prosecutor, Mr Jack Smith, met with participants in the Court Information Network (CIN), a group of 15 civil society organisations from Kosovo and Serbia. The purpose of the meeting was to...

On 18 June 2021, Trial Panel I decided that the trial proceedings in the case of Specialist Prosecutor v. Salih Mustafa, KSC-BC-2020-05, will commence on Wednesday, 15 September 2021. The Specialist Prosecutor will have three hours for his opening statement and the Victims’ Counsel has been given...

The 2020 annual report of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) together with the annual report of the Specialist Prosecutors’ Office (SPO) are now available online in the three official languages of the court: Albanian, Serbian and English. The annual report sets forth the developments at the Kosovo...

On 19 May, the President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC), Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova and the Registrar of the KSC, Dr Fidelma Donlon spoke with a group of lawyers, students and NGO representatives from Kosovo. The event was organised together with civil society. “As the President of the...

President Ekaterina Trendafilova was awarded the prestigious ‘Badge of Honor’ by the President of the Republic of Bulgaria on the occasion of Bulgaria’s constitution day (16 April). President Trendafilova received this award for her ‘significant contribution to the development of national, European...