Live update

Today's trial preparation conference in the Januzi et al. case has ended. Tomorrow's hearing will start at 14:00, during which the panel is expected to issue a number of oral orders and provide updates on the upcoming decisions in the following weeks.

During today's hearing, the Panel announced that it intends to anticipate the commencement of the trial on Friday, 8 November, with opening statements. Subsequently, the trial would resume with the full week of hearings from 11 till 15 November. In this respect, the Defence teams are to inform about their availability during these two periods by midday tomorrow, 8 October. 

Following the Panel's announcement this morning, please note that the hearings on 7, 8, and 9 October are expected to have four sessions, with regular breaks and a lunch break from 13:00 to 14:00.

As previously announced, trial preparation conferences are scheduled for this week in the Januzi et al. case, with the first one starting this morning at 09:30.

The live stream of these hearings, as in the other cases, will be broadcast with a 45-minute delay. Click here to watch the live stream in English.

On 3 October 2024, President Trendafilova assigned a Constitutional Court Panel to rule on the referral, filed by Salih Mustafa on 27 September 2024. Judges Vidar Stensland, Roumen Nenkov, and Romina Incutti will decide on this referral, which follows the Supreme Court decision from 29 July this year.

Please note that there is another potential referral by the Victims’ Counsel and the SPO in relation to Mustafa’s sentence, we informed about earlier.

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

Following the completion of witness W01158’s testimony, the trial in the Thaçi et al. case has adjourned for the day and the week. The trial will resume on Monday, 21 October 2024, at 13:00.

This morning, protected witness W01158 began the testimony, which will be conducted entirely in closed session.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 3 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.

Following the completion of Stamena Jelić’s testimony, today’s hearing in the Thaçi et al. case is adjourned. The trial will resume tomorrow, 3 October 2024, at 09:00.

The new witness for the SPO is Stamena Jelić, who is providing her testimony through a video link. According to the SPO, in August 1999, KLA members took the witness's husband, Marko Jelić, from their home in Rahovec/Orahovac, and he has been missing ever since.

This is the 94th  witness in court so far.