Live update

As announced in our Court Calendar, the seventh Status Conference in the case against Thaҫi, Veseli, Selimi and Krasniqi is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 14 September, at 14:30. More information in the scheduling order.

The SPO preparation conference in the Gucati & Haradinaj case concluded today and the session scheduled for tomorrow is cancelled. During the hearing, the panel issued a number of oral decisions ordering, inter alia, that the trial in this case will commence on 7 October with the SPO opening statement. The presentation of the SPO evidence will commence on 18 October and the SPO will call 3 witnesses and have 4 hearing days for its case. The target dates for the closing of the SPO case and the trial in its entirety are currently set for 9 November and 17 December 2021, respectively.

The streaming of the SPO preparation conference in the case against Gucati and Haradinaj, scheduled for 09:30 this morning, will be broadcast with a delay of 45 minutes. Click here to watch the live stream in English.

Today, Trial Panel II issued its order on the agenda for the Specialist Prosecutor’s Conference this week (8-9 September) in the Gucati & Haradinaj case, during which the Panel should, inter alia, set the date for the opening of this case. The order that specifies all the issues on the agenda is available here.

Please be informed that the trial preparation conference, which included an ex-parte hearing with the SPO, in the Gucati & Haradinaj case concluded today. During the conference, the Trial Panel issued 14 oral decisions, relating to, inter alia, deadlines for parties’ submissions prior to the start of trial. One such order confirmed that the Specialist Prosecutor’s preparation conference will take place next week (8 and 9 September) as can be seen in our Court Calendar.

The streaming of the trial preparation conference in the case against Gucati and Haradinaj, scheduled for 09:30 this morning, will be broadcast with a delay of 45 minutes. Click here to watch the live stream in English.

The Specialist Prosecutor's Office filed a public redacted version of its pre-trial brief in the case against Gucati and Haradinaj. It can be read here.

On 31 August, the Pre-Trial Judge in the Thaci et al. case rejected the motions by Thaci, Veseli and Selimi related to the legality of the KSC&SPO and alleged violations of certain constitutional rights of the accused. The decision can be seen here.

Please be informed that the trial preparation conference in the Gucati & Haradinaj case tomorrow, 2 September, will commence at 09:30 and not at 10:00 as previously scheduled. Our Calendar has the latest information on the courtroom schedule.

The streaming of the trial preparation conference in the case against Gucati and Haradinaj, scheduled for 10:00 this morning, will be broadcast with a delay of 45 minutes. Click here to watch the live stream in English.