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Kosovo Specialist Chambers

At the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, obstruction of justice and pressure on witnesses are on the increase. Photo: montage of 3 portraits of Haxhi Shala, Sabit Januzi and Ismet Bahtijari before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers.
Kosovo: the masters of obstruction
28 March 2025 by Margherita Capacci
Several new cases for obstruction of justice put the spotlight on the Kosovo Chambers. Last November, former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi was indicted. In February, three former fighters of the UCK were sentenced.
Pjetër Shala, during his verdict before the Kosovo Specialised Chambers (court in The Hague, Netherlands) Kosovo: Pjetër Shala sentenced to 18 years in prison
16 July 2024 by AFP
On Tuesday 16 July, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers sentenced Pjetër Shala to 18 years’ imprisonment for war crimes committed against civilians at the Kukës Metal Factory, northern Albania, in 1999 during the war against Serbia. Ni [...]
At the Kosovo Tribunal (based in The Hague in the Netherlands), Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli and Rexhep Selimi are on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Kosovo: tension in the prison over witness protection
30 November 2023 by Margherita Capacci
Prosecutors in the war crimes trial against former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi accused him and two of his co-defendants of attempting to “obstruct the proceedings” by revealing the identities of protected witnesses and trying to [...]
Thaçi trial in The Hague: the former president of Kosovo is on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Thaçi trial between a rock and a hard place
16 November 2023 by Margherita Capacci
A former Kosovo ambassador testified publicly last week before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Hague. The witness mainly retracted his previous statements against former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi. But beyond the reasons [...]
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Kosovo War - Installation in honor of the victims of the KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army)
4 May 2023 by Molly Quell
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers orders reparations, but will victims ever see the money? Last month, Salih Mustafa was ordered to pay more than 200,000 euros to his victims for the suffering he allegedly inflicted during Kosovo’s fight for independence. But the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) prison officer has be [...]
Pjetër Shala's initial appearance befor the Kosovo Specialis Chambers (KSC) In The Hague, on 19 April, 2021.
21 February 2023 by Molly Quell
Trial of ex-KLA member Pjetër Shala starts in The Hague Nicknamed “Commander Wolf”, Pjetër Shala’s name has come up before both the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the European Union’s rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, without deeming it necessa [...]
Salih Mustafa
16 December 2022 by AFP
Kosovo: first conviction for war crimes in The Hague Salih Mustafa was convicted of murder, torture and arbitrary detention in a prison run by Kosovo's Albanian independence guerrilla group, the KLA, which has been in power in Pristina since the 1998-1999 war of independence against [...]
Salih Mustafa's lawyer (Julius von Bone) faces and greets prosecutor Jack Smith during the trial in The Hague for the allegated war crimes commited by Mustafa in Kosovo.
19 September 2022 by Molly Quell
Kosovo Specialist Chambers wraps its first war crimes trial Two years after his arrest and a year to the day after the beginning of his trial, former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Salih Mustafa heard the closing arguments before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, in The Hague. He’s been ac [...]
Hysni Gucati and Nasim Haradinaj stand before the Kosovo Specialized Chambers
20 May 2022 by Molly Quell
Kosovo: two KLA veterans jailed for “witness intimidation” On Wednesday 18 May, the Kosovo special court based in The Hague decided to strongly sanction two former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) for “obstruction of justice” and “witness intimidation”. At the origin of this ca [...]
Salih Mustapha in the dock of the accused
17 September 2021 by Stephanie van den Berg
Kosovo Chambers: battle for legitimacy at the opening of first trial The first trial of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers opened on September 15 against a Kosovo Liberation Army prison officer, Salih Mustafa, with a lengthy plea from US prosecutor Jack Smith – to defend its legitimacy to target “ [...]