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ALBANIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Albania. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
12 November 2012
Title:
Albanie. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
12 November 2012
Title:
European Parliament Resolution on the 2012 Progress Report on Albania
Source:
European Union. European Parliament.
Date of Document:
5 December 2012
Accessed Date:
18 October 2013
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; legal system; minorities; organized crime; political activities; political organizations; race; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
Albania. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
25 September 2013
Accessed Date:
29 October 2013
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Operational Guidance Note: Albania
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2013
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; document fraud; domestic violence; drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; government corruption; humanitarian situation; identity documents; institutional efficacy; international guidance note; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; rejected asylum seekers; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons; witness protection
Title:
Albania. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
27 February 2014
Accessed Date:
10 March 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; marriage; minorities; nationality; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political organizations; political prisoners; race; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; state surveillance; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons; warrants; witness protection
Title:
Commission Staff Working Document: Albania 2012 Progress Report
Code:
SWD(2012) 334 final
Source:
European Union. European Commission.
Date of Document:
10 October 2012
Page Numbers:
4, 6-23, 52-58
Accessed Date:
18 October 2013
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; domestic violence; drug trafficking; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gender equality; government corruption; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; race; religion; sexual minorities; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Albania. Amnesty International Report 2013: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
18 October 2013
Keywords:
domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; legal system; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; race; sexual minorities
Title:
Albania: Country of Origin Information (COI) Report
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
30 March 2012
Accessed Date:
12 December 2012
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; document fraud; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; honour crimes; judicial efficacy; legal system; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture; witness protection
Title:
Albania. Nations in Transit 2013.
Accessed Date:
18 October 2013
Keywords:
corruption; election; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; police/security forces; political activities; sexual minorities
Title:
Albania. Freedom in the World 2013.
Accessed Date:
18 October 2013
Keywords:
children; corruption; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; gender equality; government corruption; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; minorities; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; race; religion; sexual minorities; trafficking in persons
Title:
Draft Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Albania
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
30 April 2014
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; sexual minorities; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Report by Nils Muižnieks Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Following His Visit to Albania from 23 to 27 September 2013
Source:
Council of Europe; Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 January 2014
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; extralegal executions/killings; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; race; torture
Title:
Comments of the Albanian Authorities on the Report by Nils Muižnieks Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
corruption; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Law No. 8389, Dated 05.08.1998 on Albanian Citizenship
Publisher:
New York University School of Law. East European Constitutional Review.
Accessed Date:
12 November 2012
Title:
Albania Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
18 October 2013
Keywords:
freedom of movement; identity documents
Title:
The biometric identity card; its appearance, use and the biometric data stored on it; requirements and procedures to obtain a biometric identity card within Albania; whether it can be replaced and renewed from abroad, including...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 September 2011
Accessed Date:
12 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
The biometric passport; its appearance and biometric data stored on it; requirements and procedures to obtain a biometric passport from within Albania; whether it can be replaced or renewed from abroad
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 September 2011
Accessed Date:
12 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Description of valid birth and marriage certificates, including the general paper quality of original documents; register numbers and register years; description of family certificates; whether an individual with power of attorney who...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 October 2007
Accessed Date:
1 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Albania to Grant Citizenship to Ethnic Albanians in the Neighbourhood and Diaspora
Source:
European University Institute. Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. EUDO Observatory on Citizenship.
Date of Document:
4 July 2013
Accessed Date:
18 October 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups
Title:
Procedure for filling in the cause of death on Albanian death certificates; whether there is a written explanation of the cause of death or a reference to a section of the act governing the issuance of death certificates; whether the procedure is standard
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 February 2011
Accessed Date:
12 November 2012
Keywords:
medical records
Title:
Birth certificates, including appearance, details of information included; whether the certificate is a standard form used nationally or whether it varies depending on region or city; whether the certificate is used for other official documents...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 February 2014
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
identity documents
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
International Election Observation: Republic of Albania – Local Government Elections, 8 May 2011
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
10 May 2011
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
election; ethnic and national groups; gender equality; minorities; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Election Profile: Albania. Results of the Parliamentary Elections of 23 June 2013.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems.Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
18 October 2013
Keywords:
election; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Albania Election Watch
Source:
National Democratic Institute
Date of Document:
27 June 2013
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
election; political activities; political organizations
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection, and services available to victims; access to employment and housing for victims (2008-August 2011)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 October 2011
Accessed Date:
12 November 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; family law; gender equality; institutional efficacy; police efficacy; police/security forces; social services
Title:
Albania. Country Report 2012. Reality Check on Data Collection and European Services for Women and Children Survivors of Violence: A Right for Protection and Support?
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
Date of Document:
March 2013
Accessed Date:
18 October 2013
Keywords:
children; crime; domestic violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Law No. 9669, of 18.12.2006 on Measures Against Violence in Family Relations
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; legislation
Title:
Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: Albania
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Date of Document:
16 September 2010
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; gender equality; sexual minorities; sexual violence; trafficking in persons
Title:
Baseline Study Report on Domestic Violence and Albanian State Police
Source:
Data Centrum Research Institute
Date of Document:
October 2012
Author:
Alketa Berzani; Elsa Osmani
Accessed Date:
18 October 2013
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; race; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection and support services available to victims (2011-April 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 April 2014
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; gender equality; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Situation and treatment of sexual minorities, including legislation, state protection and support services (2011-June 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 June 2013
Accessed Date:
21 October 2013
Keywords:
institutional efficacy; police efficacy; sexual minorities; social services
Title:
Study on Homophobia, Transphobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Legal Report: Albania.
Source:
COWI; The Danish Institute for Human Rights
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; legislation; marriage; sexual minorities
Title:
Albania. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Biseuxal, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Accessed Date:
21 October 2013
Keywords:
crime; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; labour; police/security forces; sexual minorities
Title:
Special Report of the Activity of the People's Advocate on the Rights of LGBT Persons in 2012
Date of Document:
September 2012
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
crime; labour; legislation; marriage; minorities; sexual minorities
Title:
Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination, including complaints received based on discrimination against sexual minorities and actions taken by the Commissioner; Anti-discrimination training provided to government authorities, including...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 February 2014
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
human rights activists; institutional efficacy; legislation; police/security forces complaints; political activities; sexual minorities
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Statistics on blood feuds; state protection and support services available to those affected by blood feuds, including whether individuals have been prosecuted for blood-feud-related crimes (2007-September 2010)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 October 2010
Accessed Date:
12 November 2012
Keywords:
children; crime; statistics
Title:
Attestation letters for blood feuds; issuing organizations; how letters are issued, processed and stored; whether issuing organizations are recognized by the government; whether the Committee of Nationwide Reconciliation (CNR) has the...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 February 2012
Accessed Date:
12 November 2012
Keywords:
crime; document fraud; identity documents
Title:
Albania (Tier 2 Watch List). Trafficking in Persons Report 2013.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
19 June 2013
Accessed Date:
21 October 2013
Keywords:
children; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; labour; legislation; marriage; police/security forces; social services; trafficking in persons; witness protection
Title:
Albania. 2013 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 March 2013
Accessed Date:
21 October 2013
Keywords:
crime; domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion
Title:
Third Evaluation Round. Second Compliance Report on Albania. 'Incriminations (ETS 173 and 191, GPC 2).' 'Transparency of Party Funding.'
Code:
GRECO RC-III (2013) 7E
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of States Against Corruption.
Date of Document:
27 June 2013
Accessed Date:
21 October 2013
Title:
Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism. Report on Fourth Assessment Visit of Albania: Executive Summary.
Code:
MONEYVAL (2011) 03 SUMM
Source:
Council of Europe. Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism.
Date of Document:
13 April 2011
Accessed Date:
12 December 2012
Keywords:
crime; drug trafficking; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; organized crime
Title:
Means by which reconciliation groups begin working on a case; records kept by such groups to document their work; steps normally taken by groups to resolve blood feuds; success rates of reconciliation committees; reasons why groups abandon their...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 October 2010
Accessed Date:
12 November 2012
Keywords:
crime; institutional efficacy; legislation
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Christof Heyns. Addendum. Follow-up to Country Recommendations: Albania.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
23 August 2013
Accessed Date:
21 October 2013
Keywords:
children; crime; domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; family law; gender equality; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; social services
Title:
Task force established to investigate falsified attestation letters for blood feuds, including activities and cases investigated; reconciliation groups, including whether any have been investigated for providing false attestation letters...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 February 2014
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
corruption; crime; document fraud; extralegal executions/killings; human rights activists; police efficacy; police/security forces
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Philip Alston. Addendum. Mission to Albania.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
14 March 2011
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
children; crime; domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Law No. 9235, Dated 29.07.2004 on Restitution and Compensation of Property (amended 2006)
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
Albania: Property Rights and Resource Governance
Source:
United States. United States Agency for International Development.
Date of Document:
February 2011
Accessed Date:
12 December 2012
Keywords:
humanitarian situation
Title:
Law No. 10 221 dated 4.2.2010 on Protection from Discrimination
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
Towards Justice: Analysis of Civil Proceedings in the District Courts. Summary.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Accessed Date:
21 October 2013
Keywords:
institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system
Title:
Update: A Guide to Researching the Albanian Legal System
Source:
New York University School of Law. Hauser Global Law School Program.
Date of Document:
May 2013
Author:
Mbaresa Veleshnja Gentry et al.
Accessed Date:
21 October 2013
Keywords:
country overview; legal system; legislation
Title:
Immunity of Judges in Albania
Source:
EURALIUS Consolidation of the Justice System in Albania
Date of Document:
September 2011
Accessed Date:
12 December 2012
Keywords:
judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system
Title:
Governance in the Protection of Immovably Property Rights in Albania: A Continuing Challenge. A World Bank Issue Brief.
Source:
The World Bank. Povrety Reduction and Economic Management Unit.
Date of Document:
April 2012
Accessed Date:
21 October 2013
Keywords:
institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
The police force, including its structure and location; police corruption; police misconduct; procedures to submit a complaint against police and responsiveness to complaints
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 October 2011
Accessed Date:
12 November 2012
Keywords:
police corruption; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints
Title:
Procedures to obtain a police report; whether a police report can be obtained from abroad through a proxy; if so, requirements and procedures
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 October 2011
Accessed Date:
12 November 2012
Keywords:
crime; police report
Title:
Albania. Integrity and Resistance to Corruption of the Law Enforcement Bodies in South East European Countries. Survey Report.
Source:
Transparency International Romania
Page Numbers:
1, 21-26, 101-108
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
corruption; government corruption; judicial corruption; police corruption; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Albania. Freedom of the Press 2013.
Accessed Date:
21 October 2013
Keywords:
corruption; freedom of the press; government corruption; Internet; legal system; police/security forces
Title:
Albania. International Religious Freedom Report for 2012.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 May 2013
Accessed Date:
21 October 2013
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; minorities; religion
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Third Report Submitted by Albania Pursuant to Article 25, Paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
Code:
ACFC/SR/III(2011)001
Source:
Council of Europe. Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
Date of Document:
10 January 2011
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
children; ethnic and national groups; gender equality; identity documents; labour; minorities; nationality; trafficking in persons
Title:
Third Opinion on Albania Adopted on 23 November 2011
Code:
ACFC/OP/III(2011)009
Source:
Council of Europe. Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
Date of Document:
4 June 2012
Accessed Date:
12 December 2012
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; identity documents; legislation; minorities; nationality; trafficking in persons
Title:
Treatment of ethnic Albanians, including information on the Albanian community; whether blood feuds follow Albanians to Greece
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 February 2014
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
crime; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; race
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement - (No items in this section)
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Albania. Countries at Risk: Violations of Trade Union Rights.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
Accessed Date:
21 October 2013
Keywords:
labour; legislation
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 14 March 2014:
Title:
Operational Guidance Note: Albania
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2013
URL:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/countryspecificasylumpolicyogns/albania-ogn?view=Binary
Accessed Date:
18 October 2013
Keywords:
corruption; crime; domestic violence; drug trafficking; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; gender equality; government corruption; institutional efficacy; labour; legal system; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; sexual minorities; trafficking in persons
Title:
Draft Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Albania
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
30 April 2014
URL:
http://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/albania/session_19_-_april_2014/a_hrc_wg.6_19_l.2.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; sexual minorities; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Report by Nils Muižnieks Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Following His Visit to Albania from 23 to 27 September 2013
Source:
Council of Europe; Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 January 2014
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/53046b8a4.html
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; extralegal executions/killings; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; race; torture
Title:
Comments of the Albanian Authorities on the Report by Nils Muižnieks Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
URL:
http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1226_1390300449_com-instranet2.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
corruption; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints
Title:
Birth certificates, including appearance, details of information included; whether the certificate is a standard form used nationally or whether it varies depending on region or city; whether the certificate is used for other official documents...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 February 2014
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455116&pls=1
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Albania Election Watch
Source:
National Democratic Institute
Date of Document:
27 June 2013
URL:
https://www.ndi.org/files/NDI-Albania-Election-Watch-Report-June27.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
election; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection and support services available to victims (2011-April 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 April 2014
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455275&pls=1
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; gender equality; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Special Report of the Activity of the People's Advocate on the Rights of LGBT Persons in 2012
Date of Document:
September 2012
URL:
http://www.theioi.org/downloads/dfls7/Peoples%20Advocate%20Special%20Report%20on%20LGBT%20rights.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
crime; labour; legislation; marriage; minorities; sexual minorities
Title:
Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination, including complaints received based on discrimination against sexual minorities and actions taken by the Commissioner; Anti-discrimination training provided to government authorities, including...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 February 2014
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455115&pls=1
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
human rights activists; institutional efficacy; legislation; police/security forces complaints; political activities; sexual minorities
Title:
Task force established to investigate falsified attestation letters for blood feuds, including activities and cases investigated; reconciliation groups, including whether any have been investigated for providing false attestation letters...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 February 2014
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455159&pls=1
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
corruption; crime; document fraud; extralegal executions/killings; human rights activists; police efficacy; police/security forces
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Philip Alston. Addendum. Mission to Albania.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
14 March 2011
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Full_Report_680.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
children; crime; domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy
Title:
Treatment of ethnic Albanians, including information on the Albanian community; whether blood feuds follow Albanians to Greece
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 February 2014
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455154&pls=1
Accessed Date:
21 May 2014
Keywords:
crime; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; race
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