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Wednesday
20 November, 2024
10:15
Thaçi et al. trial: SPO calls its next witness (105th in court so far)
The Prosecution called their 105th witness this morning. This is protected witness W00344, whose testimony is conducted via video-link. According to the SPO summary in court, this witness was abducted by KLA members in 1999 and then detained and mistreated in a local KLA detention site.
Tuesday
19 November, 2024
13:00
Thaçi et al. trial adjourned for today/resumes tomorrow (20 November)
As we announced earlier today, the trial resumed at 10:30 but then adjourned again at 11:30 for a 30-minute break. After that, the hearing was held in private session and then adjourned for the day.
The trial will resume tomorrow at 09:00.
Tuesday
19 November, 2024
10:30
Thaçi et al. trial this morning: unplanned break until 10:30
As announced by the Presiding Judge and due to the parties' requests to the panel, please be informed that the trial is on a break until 10:30 (or until 11:15 in the online stream).
Monday
18 November, 2024
16:45
Thaçi et al. trial adjourned for today/resumes tomorrow (19 November)
Following the completion of Nezir Çoçaj ’s testimony, today’s hearing in the Thaçi et al. case is adjourned. The trial will resume tomorrow, 19 November 2024, at 09:00, with a testimony of another SPO witness.
Monday
18 November, 2024
10:45
Thaçi et al. trial: unplanned break until 13:30
Following the Veseli Defence's request for additional time to prepare for questioning witness Çoçaj, the trial is on a break until 13:30 (or 14:15 in the online stream), at which point the Defence's cross-examination is anticipated to begin.
Monday
18 November, 2024
10:15
Thaçi et al. trial: SPO calls its next witness (104th in court so far)
Nezir Çoçaj is the new SPO witness, and his testimony began this morning. According to the SPO summary in court, this witness joined the KLA in 1998 and later served in the Pashtrik operational zone.
Thursday
14 November, 2024
14:45
Constitutional Court Panel assigned to deal with Haxhi Shala’s referral
On 14 November 2024, President Trendafilova assigned a Constitutional Court Panel to rule on the referral, filed by Haxhi Shala on 11 November 2024. Judges Vidar Stensland, Roumen Nenkov, and Romina Incutti will decide on this referral, which follows the Supreme Court decision from 9 September this year (see here our latest post about that matter).
Thursday
14 November, 2024
14:30
KSC Weekly Press Briefing on 14 November: transcript
Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.
Thursday
14 November, 2024
09:15
P. Shala case: extended deadline for response briefs
Following the extension of the deadline for filing the Defence’s appeal brief, which we informed about earlier, the Court of Appeals Panel, on 13 November, also granted, in part, a similar request by the SPO and the Victims’ Counsel. They are now authorized to file their response briefs by 17 January 2025 (the previous deadline was 27 December 2024). Here is the panel’s decision.
Wednesday
13 November, 2024
17:30
KSC Weekly Press Briefing on 14 November
Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 14 November, 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.
