Tomorrow is the deadline for establishing or rejecting the first Special Act.

On Friday is the deadline when the Special Court must decide on the first two charges handed over to The Hague by the Specialised Prosecutor's Office. spokeswoman Angela Greep, the day before the end of this term, has not stated or denied confirmation of these first two charges against [...]
On Friday is the deadline when the Special Court must decide on the first two charges handed over to The Hague by the Specialised Prosecutor's Office. spokeswoman Angela Greep, the day before the end of that deadline, has not confirmed or denied confirming these first two charges against former KLA members.
The big deal was made the day the Specialised Prosecutor's Office announced that it had handed over the first charges against former KLA members, near Kosovo's Specialised Chambers, to The Hague.
That had happened exactly six months earlier, while the head of the DHSK, Ektarine Treddavilova, had appointed a court of preliminary procedure to deal with these two subjects.
Based on Procedure and Prova Equipment, under which the procedural workings of Specialised Chambers, Prosecution Judge Nicola Giju, for the fate of the first indictment, must decide further this Friday.
The Online Reporter has requested clarification by Kosovo's Specialised Chambers on what happened to these two criminal cases, deposited at the Court on February 14th of this year.
But, Specialised Chambers spokeswoman Angela Greep in her response to Reporter.net, has not made “fully” the fate of these two charges.
Greep has neither denied nor confirmed the first two charges submitted by the Special Prosecutor's Office, led by American Jack Smith.
About your questions about the indictment and the timing of confirmation, no indictment has been made public so far. Until a confirmed indictment remains public, it remains confidential as well as procedures related to the review of the” indictment has said Angela Greep.
Greep has clarified that the Pre-Procedure Procedure Judge has no more than six months to examine the charges.
But, according to her, regulating Procedure and Prova envisions a number of scenarios that could result in a confirmed and publicised indictment later than six months after presenting it to the judge of the preliminary procedure.
“For example, rule 88 predicts that the judge of the preliminary procedure may order the temporary non-publishment of an act confirmed for security reasons or to avoid interruptions of procedures. In any case, a confirmed indictment will become public no later that the accused's first appearance before Judge” has told Greep about Reporter.net.
Rule 88 in the Procedure and Testing Order before Specialised Rooms explains the public status of the indictment.
The same predicts the circumstances that could be sent to the non-publishment of the indictment, so why the same could be confirmed.
One reason is avoiding the danger of an accused escaping.
“Under particular circumstances, if prior to confirming the indictment of the Specialised Prosecutor's Act, for reasons of security, for preventing the defendant's escape, or the disorder of the process, or social unrest, the judge of the preliminary procedure, among other things, could temporarily order the provisional failure of the indictment, documents, or information concerning the indictment to a second order. However, the indictment is made public with the necessary editing, not later than the accused's first appearance”.
Meanwhile, Special Chambers spokeswoman Angela Greep has also clarified the procedures of what happens after confirming the indictment.
According to her, when an indictment act is confirmed by the Pre-Procedure Court and the accused has made his initial appearance, proceedings enter what is called the phase of the preliminary procedure, where preparation of the case for trial takes place.
“During this stage, the pre-procedure judge allows there to be no unreasonable delays in starting prosecution. For example, the pre-procedure judge may hold sessions if necessary to prepare procedures. The specialised prosecutor should show protection evidence supporting the indictment. This is called the process of extracting materials. During this phase, people who claim to have suffered damage from alleged crimes in the indictment can apply to be admitted as participating victims in the proceedings. After conducting preparations, the pre-procedure judge passes the court case file to the court for the start of the” trial proceedings said Greep told Reporter.net.
So far, the Specialised Prosecutor's Office has handed in three charges to Kosovo's Specialised Chambers at The Hague, for which the Pre-Procedure Judge has been appointed to examine.
Meanwhile, so far the number of those involved in these charges is unknown.
But not for everyone involved in these subjects the Special Prosecutor's Office has been so closed.
The prosecution's 24 June body reported that two of the main KLA figures -- Hashim Thaci, now the president of Kosovo and Kadri Wessel -- for two mandates were included, while currently leading the Democratic Party of Kosovo.












