The President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC), Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova, on 11 December 2025, decided that Mr Haxhi Shala’s sentence will not be commuted or modified following his service of two-thirds of his sentence.
In coming to her decision, the President consulted the Judges of the sentencing Panels, as provided for in Article 51(2) of the Law on Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor’s Office (“Law”) and took into consideration the factors set forth in Rule 196(3) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence.
The President specifically noted that Mr. Shala did not express any remorse and stated that she will again consider a possible modification of Mr Shala’s sentence in two months’ time.
The President’s decision can be found here on the KSC’s website.
Proceedings related to the commutation, modification or alteration of sentences as provided for in Article 51(2) of the Law are individual proceedings. When a convicted person has served two-thirds of a sentence, he or she becomes eligible for consideration of commutation, modification or alteration of the sentence, but does not have the right to the sentence being commuted, modified or altered.