Editorial status: Awaiting verificationDrafted from the cited sources; not yet fully reviewed by the editors.
Key facts
- Date
- 16 September 2026
- Place
- Unknown
- Sources
- 3
- Evidence status
- Evidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
The sentences pronounced were 25 years for Thaçi and Krasniqi, 18 years for Veseli and 13 years for Selimi, with credit for time served. The Panel found that the violence amounted to a widespread and systematic attack, but it was not proven to be directed against a civilian population [1].
The judgment concerns four individuals and specific charges. Under the archive's editorial principle, it is not a judgment against the KLA as a whole, the war of liberation or every one of its members. Details and the exact procedural status are in the case tracker.
This point is disputed. A first-instance decision: it may be appealed and is not a final finding of guilt.
How do we know this?
On 16 September 2026 KSC Trial Panel II found four former KLA leaders guilty at first instance of war crimes and not guilty of crimes against humanity; the judgment is not final.
Evidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.Last reviewed: 16 September 2026A first-instance decision: it may be appealed and is not a final finding of guilt.
- Dhomat e Specializuara të Kosovës dhe Zyra e Prokurorit të Specializuar, Summary of Trial Judgment in Specialist Prosecutor v. Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi, and Jakup Krasniqi (KSC-BC-2020-06), 2026
- Dhomat e Specializuara të Kosovës dhe Zyra e Prokurorit të Specializuar, Hashim Thaçi and co-defendants found guilty of war crimes, 2026
Sources
- [1]Dhomat e Specializuara të Kosovës dhe Zyra e Prokurorit të Specializuar. Summary of Trial Judgment in Specialist Prosecutor v. Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi, and Jakup Krasniqi (KSC-BC-2020-06). 2026-09-16. KSC-BC-2020-06. https://www.scp-ks.org/sites/default/files/public/20260916-SummaryofJudgment-Thaci-et-al-EN.pdf. Accessed 2026-09-16.
- [2]Dhomat e Specializuara të Kosovës dhe Zyra e Prokurorit të Specializuar. Hashim Thaçi and co-defendants found guilty of war crimes. 2026-09-16. https://www.scp-ks.org/en/hashim-thaci-and-co-defendants-found-guilty-war-crimes. Accessed 2026-09-16.
- [3]Dhomat e Specializuara të Kosovës dhe Zyra e Prokurorit të Specializuar. Specialist Prosecutor v. Hashim Thaçi et al. (KSC-BC-2020-06) — faqja e çështjes. KSC-BC-2020-06. https://www.scp-ks.org/en/cases/hashim-thaci-et-al. Accessed 2026-09-16.
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