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On 24 April 2024, the Specialist Chamber of the Constitutional Court (SCCC), consisting of Judges Vidar Stensland, Roumen Nenkov, and Romina Incutti, issued their decision on the referral by Januzi, Bahtijari, and H. Shala regarding the constitutional validity of the Legal Aid Regulations of the Specialist Chambers, filed on 3 April this year. In accordance with Article 113(7) of the Constitution, Article 49(3) of the Law, and Rule 14(f) of the SCCC Rules, the Panel declared the referral inadmissible as the Kosovo Constitution and the Law do not authorize individuals to raise questions of constitutional compatibility of laws before the Chamber.
Because the Referral was found to be inadmissible, the Panel rejected the request by the Association of Defence Counsel Practicing Before the International Courts and Tribunals to appear as amicus curiae (“a friend of the court”), as well as Isni Kilaj's request to join the Referral. More details in the full decision.
On 19 April 2024, Judge Guillou granted the Bahtijari Defence's second extension request, setting a new deadline of 29 April for them to finalize and submit the required documents for the KSC legal aid request. This extension, like the previous one, was granted by Judge Guillou on the basis of an established good cause.
Following the completion of the testimony of the 56th witness, W04850, today's hearing has adjourned. The trial will resume tomorrow at 09:00 with the testimony of a new witness.
This afternoon, the SPO called its 56th witness. This is a protected witness with the pseudonym W04850. As per the prosecution's summary presented in court, this witness will testify about an individual who was arrested by the KLA in 1999 and has been missing since then.
The testimony of the SPO's 55th witness Ramiz Qeriqi continued in the Thaçi et al. trial this morning.
The online stream of the hearing is currently functioning correctly. We acknowledge that the initial technical issues resulted in the first part of the hearing not being fully accessible in the live stream. The Kosovo Specialist Chambers will share a full public recording of today's hearing, including the part that was not accessible, with the media and the public as soon as possible.
We are currently facing technical issues with the live feed, causing disruptions to the online livestream. We are actively working to fix this problem.
This morning, the Prosecution continued the direct examination of its 55th witness, Ramiz Qeriqi, which started yesterday.
The new prosecution witness is Ramiz Qeriqi. As per the summary presented by the SPO in court, this witness served as a battalion Commander in the KLA’s 121st Brigade in the Pashtrik zone during the relevant period.
This morning, the protected witness W04739 resumed the testimony from 4 April. The testimony is being conducted entirely in closed session.
Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.
the archive of all previous press briefings is available on this page and the video files can be found on our youtube channel