On 18 September 2023, the Supreme Court Panel, consisting of Judges Ekaterina Trendafilova (Presiding), Christine van den Wyngaert and Daniel Fransen, rejected both Gucati’s and Haradinaj’s requests for protection of legality, filed pursuant to Article 48(6), (7) and (8) of the Law.
In its decision, the Panel first rejected the request for an oral hearing as it was found without merit. Furthermore, Gucati’s request that another accused (Dritan Goxhaj) intervenes in the proceedings was also rejected as the Panel found that Gucati has no standing for such a request adding that “it is not for Gucati to seek to protect the perceived interests of another accused as part of his own request.”
In relation to the actual grounds of the requests (7 by each requestor), the Panel dismissed them by either finding there has been no violation of the criminal law, no substantial violation of the procedures by the Trial Panel and the Court of Appeals Panel or by finding them inadmissible. Here is the decision.
More details about the Gucati&Haradinaj case is available on the dedicated case page.