The Specialist Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) is conducting ongoing operations in Kosovo in an investigation focusing on offences against the administration of justice. The SPO operations have been judicially authorised by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) and supported by the European Union Rule of...
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Alan Tieger has received the 2023 M.C. Bassiouni Justice Award for his exceptional work as a prosecutor in some of the most consequential international criminal law cases of the past three decades. Mr Tieger, who has been a senior prosecutor at the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) since 2017...
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Today, on 29 November 2024, in a public hearing, Trial Panel I issued the reparation order in the case of The Specialist Prosecutor v. Pjetër Shala. Pjetër Shala (Mr. Shala) was found guilty on 16 July 2024 of the war crimes of arbitrary detention, torture, and murder and was sentenced to 18 years...
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Specialist Prosecutor Kimberly West and Deputy Specialist Prosecutor Ward Ferdinandusse visit Kosovo
Specialist Prosecutor Kimberly West and Deputy Specialist Prosecutor Ward Ferdinandusse are visiting Kosovo. In the course of their visit, the Specialist Prosecutor and Deputy Specialist Prosecutor are meeting, among others, with the heads of international organisations and representatives of EU... -
On 10 September 2024, the Court of Appeals Panel in the case of the Specialist Prosecutor v. Salih Mustafa imposed in relation to Mr. Mustafa’s convictions for the war crimes of arbitrary detention, torture and murder sentences of respectively eight, 13 and 15 years of imprisonment and an overall...
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On 29 July 2024, the Supreme Court Panel issued its decision on Salih Mustafa’s request for protection of legality, filed following the issuance of the appeal judgment in his case. Mr Mustafa raised five grounds in his request for protection of legality, related to the translation of the appeal...
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Specialist Prosecutor Kimberly West welcomed today’s verdict in the trial of Pjetër Shala, highlighting its significance for enacting justice within Kosovo’s judicial system. “Achieving accountability for serious crimes – including against those, such as Mr Shala, who had previously avoided the...
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Today, 16 July 2024, Trial Panel I pronounced its Judgment in the case of The Specialist Prosecutor v. Pjetër Shala. This Judgment represents the second judgment rendered by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in a war crimes case. The Trial Panel found Mr. Shala guilty of the war crimes of arbitrary...
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On 31 May 2024, the Specialist Chamber of the Constitutional Court delivered its judgment on a referral made by Nasim Haradinaj, who had alleged violations of his individual rights and freedoms in relation to the criminal proceedings against him before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers. In its judgment...
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Mr Isni Kilaj was released in Kosovo today, 15 May, under strict conditions, pursuant to the decision of a Single Judge of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC), taken on 3 May 2024. This decision was subsequently upheld by a KSC Court of Appeals Panel on 13 May 2024. In his Decision on Review of...