the archive of all previous press briefings is available on this page and the video files can be found on our youtube channel
Wednesday
7 February, 2024
16:00
KSC Weekly Press Briefing on 8 February
Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 8 February, 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.
Monday
5 February, 2024
16:00
Court of Appeals denies Januzi’s appeal re. interim release
On 5 February 2024, the Court of Appeals Panel denied Sabit Januzi’s appeal against the Pre-Trial Judge’s decision rejecting his application for provisional release. Here is the decision of the Court of Appeals Panel.
Monday
5 February, 2024
15:30
Januzi & Bahtijari case: SPO filed pre-trial brief
As per the oral order of the Pre-Trial Judge on 3 November last year, the Specialist Prosecutor filed, as confidential, its pre-trial brief in the case against Sabit Januzi and Ismet Bahtijari. The relevant filing informing of this submission is available here.
Thursday
1 February, 2024
16:45
Thaçi et al. trial adjourned for the week/resumes on 20 February
Soon after the commencement of the testimony of the 45th SPO witness, the trial against Thaçi et al. has adjourned for today and for the week. This trial will resume on 20 February at 09:00.
Thursday
1 February, 2024
16:30
Thaçi et al. trial: testimony of 45th witness starts
SPO called its next witness this afternoon. This is a former KLA member Hajrush Kurtaj, who is testifying without protective measures.
Thursday
1 February, 2024
14:30
KSC Weekly Press Briefing on 1 February 2024: transcript
Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.
Thursday
1 February, 2024
09:45
Thaçi et al. trial: testimony of witness W04325 continues
The SPO’s 44th witness resumed the testimony this morning.
Wednesday
31 January, 2024
09:45
Thaçi et al. trial: testimony of 44th witness continues
SPO’s protected witness W04325 resumes the testimony this morning.
Tuesday
30 January, 2024
16:45
Thaçi et al. trial: modified court schedule for tomorrow
As mentioned in our previous post today, there will be an extraordinary ex-parte hearing tomorrow at 16:00. Because of this, the regular hearing in the Thaçi et al. trial tomorrow (31 January) will last from 09:00 until 15:15.
Tuesday
30 January, 2024
13:15
Thaçi et al. trial: testimony of 44th witness starts
SPO called its next witness this afternoon. This is witness W04325, who will, according to the Prosecution, testify what he saw and learnt during multiple visits to a number of KLA headquarters during the relevant period, including the KLA Commanders he interacted with.