# Example — auditing user-supplied documents

Two worked audits.

## Example A — Thaçi described as "convicted"

### The document

A draft article states:

> "Hashim Thaçi has been convicted of crimes against humanity by the KSC, an international tribunal in The Hague."

### The audit

Two errors:

1. **Thaçi has NOT been convicted as of 2026.** The Thaçi et al. case (KSC-BC-2020-06) is in the post-closing-statements phase, awaiting judgment. The accused are presumed innocent. Stating "convicted" is factually wrong and presumes the outcome.

2. **The KSC is NOT an international tribunal** in the strict sense. It is a **Kosovo court** with international staffing, established under Article 162 of the Kosovo Constitution and Law 05/L-053. Calling it an "international tribunal" misrepresents its constitutional status.

**Suggested redraft:**

> "Hashim Thaçi is on trial before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC), a Kosovo court located in The Hague and staffed by international judges, on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes. The trial began on 3 April 2023; closing statements took place in February 2026, and the case is awaiting judgment. *Specialist Prosecutor v. Thaçi, Veseli, Selimi and Krasniqi*, Case No. KSC-BC-2020-06."

## Example B — "KSC Statute" cited incorrectly

### The document

A footnote in a draft reads:

> "Under Article 7 of the KSC Statute, the Tribunal has jurisdiction over war crimes in international and non-international armed conflicts."

### The audit

The article number is correct, but the **instrument is misnamed**. The KSC has no separate "Statute". The instrument is the **Law on Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor's Office, Law No. 05/L-053**, sometimes referred to as "the Law".

**Suggested redraft:**

> "Under Article 7 of the Law on Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor's Office (Law No. 05/L-053), the KSC has jurisdiction over war crimes in international and non-international armed conflicts."

## The common thread

The KSC's distinctive features — its status as a Kosovo court (not an international tribunal), the absence of a "Statute" in the conventional sense, the actively-evolving case status — are the principal sources of audit findings. Step 0 (identify the document and its institutional context) catches the most common errors.