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The SPO's 40th witness W01493 resumed the testimony this morning in the Thaçi et al. trial.

On 15 January 2024, the Defence of Pjetër Shala notified about the official closure of its case. The notification is here.

The testimony of the SPO's witness W01493 resumes this morning in the Thaçi et al. trial.

As can be seen in our Court Calendar, please be informed that the hearings in the Shala case, scheduled for 19 and 22 January, are cancelled. 

The trial in the case of Thaçi, Veseli, Selimi and Krasniqi resumed this morning with the testimony of a new SPO witness. This is protected witness W01493 who is testifying via video-conference. According to the summary read by the SPO in court, this witness served in the Dukadjini Operational zone during the relevant period and his testimony should provide information on the structure of and the relationship between the KLA and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo (FARK).

As per the oral order of Pre-Trial Judge Guillou on 14 December 2023, the SPO today submitted a joint indictment for the cases of Januzi&Bahtijari and Haxhi Shala. The joint indictment is confidential and here is the filing informing about the submission.

The Pre-Trial Judge will decide on the SPO request for the joinder of these two cases in due course.

On 11 January, the Constitutional Court panel seised of Haradinaj’s referral, filed in November last year, decided to defer its decision on the matter until it has received additional submissions by the parties, namely the SPO submission to the referral as well as its response to the latest request by Haradinaj for the admission of a new piece of evidence. The Defence is also invited to submit its reply to the SPO’s response, if it wishes to do so. More details, including the actual deadlines for these submissions, can be found here.

On 11 January, the Court of Appeals Panel denied the appeal by Isni Kilaj against the Single Judge’s decision ordering his continued detention. More details in the decision (public redacted version) of the Court of Appeals panel.

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

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 11 January, 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.