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SPO Senior Prosecutor Alan Tieger receives 2023 M.C. Bassiouni Justice Award

Alan Tieger has received the 2023 M.C. Bassiouni Justice Award for his exceptional work as a prosecutor in some of the most consequential international criminal law cases of the past three decades. Mr Tieger, who has been a senior prosecutor at the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) since 2017...
Trial Panel I orders P. Shala to pay €208,000 in reparations to victims

Today, on 29 November 2024, in a public hearing, Trial Panel I issued the reparation order in the case of The Specialist Prosecutor v. Pjetër Shala. Pjetër Shala (Mr. Shala) was found guilty on 16 July 2024 of the war crimes of arbitrary detention, torture, and murder and was sentenced to 18 years...
Specialist Prosecutor Kimberly West and Deputy Specialist Prosecutor Ward Ferdinandusse visit Kosovo

Specialist Prosecutor Kimberly West and Deputy Specialist Prosecutor Ward Ferdinandusse are visiting Kosovo. In the course of their visit, the Specialist Prosecutor and Deputy Specialist Prosecutor are meeting, among others, with the heads of international organisations and representatives of EU...
KSC Appeals Panel imposes new sentence of 15 years imprisonment in Salih Mustafa Case

On 10 September 2024, the Court of Appeals Panel in the case of the Specialist Prosecutor v. Salih Mustafa imposed in relation to Mr. Mustafa’s convictions for the war crimes of arbitrary detention, torture and murder sentences of respectively eight, 13 and 15 years of imprisonment and an overall...
Supreme Court Panel decides on Mr Mustafa’s Request for Protection of Legality

On 29 July 2024, the Supreme Court Panel issued its decision on Salih Mustafa’s request for protection of legality, filed following the issuance of the appeal judgment in his case. Mr Mustafa raised five grounds in his request for protection of legality, related to the translation of the appeal...
Specialist Prosecutor hails Shala verdict as important step for rule of law

Specialist Prosecutor Kimberly West welcomed today’s verdict in the trial of Pjetër Shala, highlighting its significance for enacting justice within Kosovo’s judicial system. “Achieving accountability for serious crimes – including against those, such as Mr Shala, who had previously avoided the...
Pjetër Shala convicted of arbitrary detention, torture and murder

Today, 16 July 2024, Trial Panel I pronounced its Judgment in the case of The Specialist Prosecutor v. Pjetër Shala. This Judgment represents the second judgment rendered by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in a war crimes case. The Trial Panel found Mr. Shala guilty of the war crimes of arbitrary...
Judgment on Nasim Haradinaj’s referral to the Specialist Chamber of the Constitutional Court

On 31 May 2024, the Specialist Chamber of the Constitutional Court delivered its judgment on a referral made by Nasim Haradinaj, who had alleged violations of his individual rights and freedoms in relation to the criminal proceedings against him before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers. In its judgment...
Isni Kilaj released in Kosovo under strict conditions

Mr Isni Kilaj was released in Kosovo today, 15 May, under strict conditions, pursuant to the decision of a Single Judge of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC), taken on 3 May 2024. This decision was subsequently upheld by a KSC Court of Appeals Panel on 13 May 2024. In his Decision on Review of...
Specialist Prosecutor welcomes Mustafa appeal verdict as “victory for justice”

Specialist Prosecutor Kimberly West welcomed today’s judgment in the appeal of Salih Mustafa, which upheld of the first-instance verdict, but modified Mr Mustafa’s sentence, as representing a victory for justice. “I welcome today’s judgment, which, despite minor revision of Mr Mustafa’s sentence...

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