# Example — verifying a KSC citation end-to-end

A worked example for the *Shala* Trial Judgment and Reparation Order.

## The request

The user is writing on reparations in hybrid tribunals and asks:

> "Can you give me the citation for the KSC's reparation order in Shala? With the amount and the date?"

## Step 0 — Identify the document

The proposition rests on the **Reparation Order in Specialist Prosecutor v. Pjetër Shala**, Case No. KSC-BC-2020-04, of 29 November 2024. This is a separate document from the Trial Judgment (16 July 2024) and from the Appeal Judgment (14 July 2025).

## Step 1 — Plan the citation

The user wants the citation, the amount, and the date. The form:

> *Specialist Prosecutor v. Shala*, Case No. KSC-BC-2020-04, Reparation Order (Trial Panel I), 29 November 2024.

The amount: €208,000 (compensation for physical, mental, and material harm).

## Step 2 — Verify

1. **scp-ks.org/en/cases**. Locate the Shala case page. The Reparation Order is listed under that case's filings, dated 29 November 2024. **Existence verified.**
2. **Verify the amount.** The case-page summary states the reparation amount; the Reparation Order itself contains the precise breakdown by heads of harm.
3. **Verify the procedural posture.** This is a Trial Panel I order. After conviction at the Trial Judgment, the panel that convicted issued the Reparation Order.

**Content verified.** If the user needs the precise paragraph numbers from the Reparation Order, fetch the order itself for paragraph-level verification.

## Step 3 — Draft

> The KSC Trial Panel I issued a Reparation Order against Pjetër Shala on 29 November 2024, ordering payment of €208,000 as compensation for the physical, mental, and material harm inflicted on the victims of the crimes for which he was convicted. *Specialist Prosecutor v. Shala*, Case No. KSC-BC-2020-04, Reparation Order (Trial Panel I), 29 November 2024.

If the user wanted a passage from the order, the output would add a fetch of the order itself.

## Step 4 — Self-audit

- Case number KSC-BC-2020-04 — correct.
- Document type (Reparation Order, not Trial Judgment) — correctly identified.
- Date 29 November 2024 — verified.
- Panel (Trial Panel I) — correct.
- Reparation amount — verified.

## The lesson

A KSC-specific opportunity: the **Reparation Order is a distinct document type**, not part of the Trial Judgment. A KSC citation to the reparation amount must reference the Reparation Order, not the Trial Judgment of 16 July 2024. The verification step catches this.