Live update

On 23 October 2025, the Trial Panel revised the deadline for bar table motions and instructed the Thaçi Defence to explore all reasonable options to ensure that witnesses are available for all scheduled sitting days from 3 November. The Defence was ordered to report on these efforts by Wednesday, 29 October 2025.

The decision also clarifies the scheduling changes announced on 22 October: the 27–30 October hearings were cancelled after the Thaçi Defence notified the Panel that no witnesses would be available that week, while an additional sitting week (17–20 November) was added in light of several previously unused court days in September when no Defence witness was made available.
 

Following the submission of Fadil Fazliu’s pre-trial brief earlier this week, Hashim Thaçi today, 23 October 2025, filed the public redacted version of his pre-trial brief in the administration of justice case against him and the other four accused.

Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 23 October, 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]. 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.

Please be informed that the hearings in the Thaçi et al. case scheduled for next week (27–30 October) have been cancelled. The trial is expected to resume on 3 November 2025, with additional hearings set for 17–20 November 2025, as shown in the online court calendar.

Following the Pre-Trial Judge’s invitation in September, Fadil Fazliu filed the public redacted version of his pre-trial brief on 20 October 2025. Earlier, the Kilaj Defence, joined by the Thaçi and Kuçi Defence, had requested an extension of time to file the brief, which the Pre-Trial Judge rejected, finding that no good cause had been shown.

On 16 October 2025, the Supreme Court Panel issued an order setting time limits for submissions related to Pjetër Shala’s request for protection of legality, which was filed confidentially on 14 October 2025. The Panel ordered the SPO and the Victims’ Counsel to file any responses by 3 December 2025, and the Defence to file any reply by 16 January 2026.
This follows the Panel’s earlier decision of 8 August 2025, in which it rejected Shala’s motion for an extension of time and word limit for filing his request.

Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.

On 10 October 2025, a public redacted version of the Trial Panel’s decision on the SPO’s second request to modify the detention conditions of Hashim Thaçi was issued.

The Panel dismissed the request, concluding that prohibiting certain individuals from visiting Thaçi was neither necessary nor proportionate. For the same reasons, it also rejected the second proposed measure—to prohibit Thaçi from discussing matters related to the separate case against him (KSC-BC-2023-12) during non-privileged visits. With respect to this second measure, the Panel recalled that the same issue had already been addressed by the Pre-Trial Judge in that case, who had previously rejected such restrictions (see our earlier post on that decision).
 

Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.