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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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On 19 March 2021, the Judges of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) met remotely for their sixth Plenary. During the Plenary, the Judges were updated by the President on ongoing institutional matters. The Judges also heard presentations from the Specialist Prosecutor, the Registrar and other...
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On 15 December 2020 at 15:00, the Initial Appearance of Nasim Haradinaj will take place in the courtroom of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) in The Hague. Nasim Haradinaj (“Mr Haradinaj”) was arrested on 25 September in Kosovo by the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office and transferred to The Hague on...
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On 9 December 2020, the Panel of the Court of Appeals Chamber of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers delivered its first interlocutory appeal decision regarding an appeal filed by Hysni Gucati...
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Judge Kai Ambos, who is on the Roster of International Judges of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, received a prestigious award from the German state of Niedersachsen...
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On 30 November 2020, a Pre-Trial Judge of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers has made public the decision confirming the indictment against Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi. The public redacted version of the decision can be accessed here.
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The Appointing Authority, Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, reappointed Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova as President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) for a term of four years effective 15 December 2020, in accordance with Article 30(4) of the Law on Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor’s...