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29 October 2021
ALBANIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
August 2020
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Albanie. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
25 July 2016
Title:
Albania. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe, 2018
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2018
Accessed Date:
10 September 2019
Title:
Albania. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
19 October 2021
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
4. Impact of COVID-19 in Albania. Multi-dimensional Review of the Western Balkans: Assessing Opportunities and Constraints.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
10 June 2021
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Albania
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Présentation de l'Albanie
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Impact assessment of the COVID-19 outbreak on wellbeing of children and families in Albania
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Albania: Mental healthcare. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Albania. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
Accessed Date:
16 April 2021
Title:
Fundamentals First: Political Criteria and Rule of Law Chapters. Commission Staff Working Document: Albania 2019 Report.
Code:
SWD(2019) 215 final
Source:
European Union. European Commission.
Date of Document:
29 May 2019
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Albania. Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 April 2021
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Compilation on Albania
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/33/ALB/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
22 February 2019
Accessed Date:
10 September 2019
Title:
Albania. Nations in Transit 2021.
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Albania. Freedom in the World 2021.
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Albania
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/33/ALB/1
Date of Document:
22 February 2019
Accessed Date:
10 September 2019
Title:
Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on its mission to Albania
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
18 July 2017
Accessed Date:
26 September 2017
Title:
Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on its mission to Albania: comments by the State
Date of Document:
28 June 2017
Accessed Date:
26 September 2017
Title:
Report on the Situation of Respect for Human Rights and Freedoms in Albania for 2019
Source:
Albanian Helsinki Committee
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Evaluation of Human Rights and Rule of Law during the Albanian Presidency of OSCE
Source:
Albanian Helsinki Committee et al.
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Albania
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/33/ALB/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
19 February 2019
Accessed Date:
10 September 2019
Title:
Report by Dunja Mijatović Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Following Her Visit to Albania from 21 to 25 May 2018.
Source:
Council of Europe. Commissioner for Human Rights.
Date of Document:
13 September 2018
Accessed Date:
10 September 2019
Title:
Albanie : la situation des personnes séropositives
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 February 2020
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
European Committee of Social Rights Conclusions 2020: Albania
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee of Social Rights.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Albania. Country report: Non-discrimination.
Source:
European Commission. Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers.
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Communist-Era Disappearances Still Haunt Albania
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 March 2021
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
ECRI Report on Albania (sixth monitoring cycle)
Source:
Council of Europe. European Commission against Racism and Intolerance.
Date of Document:
2 June 2020
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Law No. 113/2020 on Citizenship
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Albania. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a biometric identity card, including renewal and replacement, both within and outside the country; appearance and content of the card (2015-September 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 September 2017
Accessed Date:
27 September 2017
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 (2012-June 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 June 2015
Accessed Date:
18 September 2015
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Albania
Code:
RSCAS/GLOBALCIT-CR 2021/5
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
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
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
Title:
Availability of fraudulent identification documents and other official documents, including passports, birth certificates, family certificates, and medical records; state efforts to combat fraud (2014–August 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 October 2021
Accessed Date:
25 October 2021
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
3 May 2021
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Election results. Albania: Parliament.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Republic of Albania, Parliamentary Elections: 25 April 2021. ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission Final Report.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
26 July 2021
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Final Report on the Findings and Conclusions of Monitoring of the Parliamentary Elections for the Assembly of the Republic of Albania: April 25, 2021
Source:
Albanian Helsinki Committee
Date of Document:
June 2021
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Honouring of obligations and commitments by Albania. Information note on the recent electoral reform in Albania.
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly. Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee).
Date of Document:
18 January 2021
Author:
Joseph O'Reilly; Petter Eide
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
GREVIO Baseline Evaluation Report: Albania
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.
Date of Document:
24 November 2017
Accessed Date:
6 September 2018
Title:
Public Perceptions & Attitude Towards Gender Equality in Albania
Source:
United Nations Development Programme
Date of Document:
30 March 2016
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
Law No. 9669, of 18.12.2006 on Measures Against Violence in Family Relations
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
Law No 144 2013 Criminalization of Sexual Violence
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
Albania. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Forced marriages of women, including those who are already married; state protection and resources provided to women who try to avoid a marriage imposed on them (2010-June 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 August 2015
Accessed Date:
21 September 2015
Title:
Fifth periodic report submitted by Albania under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2020
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
20 January 2021
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Albanie : La protection accordée par les autorités albanaises aux victimes de violences domestiques
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 August 2018
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Albania. WAVE Country Report 2019: The Situation of Women's Specialist Support Services in Europe.
Source:
Women Against Violence Europe
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Report submitted by Albania pursuant to Article 68, paragraph 1 of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Baseline Report)
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.
Date of Document:
19 January 2017
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
Role of Tirana District Court in Protection from Domestic Violence in Family Relationship
Source:
Human Rights in Democracy Center
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
Combined fifth and sixth periodic reports submitted by Albania under article 44 of the Convention, due in 2017
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
15 February 2021
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Albania: Domestic abuse and violence against women. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2018
Accessed Date:
13 September 2019
Title:
Report of a Home Office Fact-Finding Mission: Albania
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Albanie : les femmes albanaises victimes de la traite des êtres humaines à des fins d'exploitation sexuelle
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 May 2018
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
2018 Public Perceptions of Gender Equality and Violence Against Women. Albania.
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Law No. 47/2018 on some addenda and amendments to law no. 9669, dated 18/12/2006 'on measures against violence in family relations', as amended
Accessed Date:
15 October 2020
Title:
Alternative Report on the Implementation of the CEDAW Convention in Albania (Period 2016-2020)
Source:
Albania. Office of the Ombudsperson.
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Albania. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia 2021.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
February 2021
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
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
Title:
Being LGBTI in Eastern Europe: Albania Country Report: Reducing Inequalities & Exclusion and Combating Homophobia & Transphobia experienced by LGBTI people in Albania
Source:
United Nations Development Programme et al.
Date of Document:
28 November 2017
Accessed Date:
6 September 2018
Title:
Albanie : Le refuge pour personnes LGBT « Streha »
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
4 June 2020
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Albania: Sexual orientation and gender identity. Version 6.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Albanian Psychologists Prohibit Anti-LGBT “Conversion Therapy”
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 May 2020
Accessed Date:
15 October 2020
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 (2010-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 September 2015
Accessed Date:
28 September 2015
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
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
Title:
Albania Country Security Report
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
22 October 2021
Accessed Date:
28 October 2021
Title:
Country Review Report of Albania. Review by Armenia and Mali of the implementation by Albania of articles 15 – 42 of Chapter III. “Criminalization and law enforcement” and articles 44 – 50 of Chapter IV. “International cooperation” of the United Nations Convention against Corruption for the review cycle 2010 – 2015.
Source:
United Nations. Office on Drugs and Crime.
Date of Document:
5 April 2016
Accessed Date:
8 September 2016
Title:
Descriptive Document On The Phenomenon Of “Hakmarrja” And “Gjakmarrja” To Raise Awareness Among Albanian And International Institutions - III Edition
Source:
Operazione Colomba - Nonviolent Peace Corps of the Association Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
6 September 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Albania: Blood Feuds. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Albanie: vendetta. Renseignement de l'analyse-pays de l'OSAR.
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
13 July 2016
Accessed Date:
16 September 2016
Title:
Albania: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 July 2021
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Evaluation Report: Albania. Third evaluation round: Access to justice and effective remedies for victims of trafficking in human beings.
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of Experts on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings.
Date of Document:
15 December 2020
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
National Integrity System Assessment Albania 2016
Source:
Transparency International
Date of Document:
8 September 2016
Author:
Adela Halo; Megi Llubani
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
Fourth Evaluation Round. Corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. Second Compliance Report. Albania.
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of States Against Corruption.
Date of Document:
12 July 2018
Accessed Date:
10 September 2019
Title:
Albania. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
23 October 2020
Title:
Instances of Muslim extremists targeting members of the Albanian military forces, including soldiers who formerly served in Iraq with US peacekeeping forces (2004-February 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 February 2015
Accessed Date:
21 September 2015
Title:
Albania: Trafficked Boys and Young Men
Source:
Asylum Research Centre
Date of Document:
May 2019
Accessed Date:
10 September 2019
Title:
Deconstructing State Capture in Albania: An Examination of Grand Corruption Cases and Tailor-Made Laws from 2008 to 2020
Source:
Transparency International; Institute for Democracy and Mediation
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
Author:
Gjergji Vurmo et al.
Editor:
International Correspondents in Education
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Fifth Evaluation Round: Preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. Evaluation Report: Albania.
Code:
GrecoEval5Rep(2019)5
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of States Against Corruption.
Date of Document:
3 December 2020
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Albanie : L'emploi de méthodes illégales dans l'expropriation des bâtiments détruits dans le cadre du projet gouvernemental de « Renaissance urbaine »
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
20 March 2020
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Albania: Human trafficking. Version 11.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Whistleblowing Corruption in Municipalities: Challenges and Difficulties in the Implementation of Legislation in Local Government Units
Source:
Albanian Helsinki Committee
Date of Document:
February 2021
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Albanie : L'Institution d'exécution des peines pénales de Durrës et son service de police
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 November 2019
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Albania. Law No. 133/2015 on the Treatment of Property and Finalisation of the Process of Compensation of Property and Explanatory Memorandum and Report on the Law (Explanatory Report).
Source:
Albania; Council of Europe. Venice Commission.
Date of Document:
4 August 2016
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
Law No. 10 221 dated 4.2.2010 on Protection from Discrimination (amended 2020)
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Human Rights-Based Monitoring Assessment of Places of Detention through the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Albania
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
October 2020
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Update: Researching the Albanian Legal System
Date of Document:
August 2019
Author:
Mbaresa Veleshnja Gentry; Engjellushe (Angel) Kozeli Mozina
Accessed Date:
20 September 2019
Title:
Response of the Albanian Government to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Albania from 20 to 30 November 2018
Date of Document:
27 February 2020
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Report to the Albanian Government on the visit to Albania carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 20 to 30 November 2018
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT).
Date of Document:
17 September 2019
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
The Albanian State Police (ASP), including its structure and locations; police corruption; police misconduct; procedures to submit a complaint against police and responsiveness to complaints (2011-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 September 2015
Accessed Date:
28 September 2015
Title:
Procedures to obtain a police report; whether a police report can be obtained from abroad through a proxy; if so, requirements and procedures (2012-September 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 August 2015
Accessed Date:
28 September 2015
Title:
Police Integrity and Corruption in Albania 3.0
Source:
Institute for Democracy and Mediation
Author:
Mimoza Agolli et al.
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Albania. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Albania: Preliminary findings of joint freedom of expression mission
Source:
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom et al.
Date of Document:
21 June 2019
Accessed Date:
10 September 2019
Title:
Albania. International Religious Freedom Report for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 May 2021
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his mission to Albania
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
16 January 2018
Accessed Date:
6 September 2018
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Fifth Report submitted by Albania pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities – received on 5 May 2021
Date of Document:
5 May 2021
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Roma Belong: Statelessness, Discrimination and Marginalisation of Roma in Albania
Source:
European Roma Rights Centre
Date of Document:
February 2018
Author:
Anisa Metalla et al.
Accessed Date:
6 September 2018
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
Title:
Situation of Roma, including access to education, employment, housing and social services; treatment of Roma by society and authorities (2011-June 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 June 2014
Accessed Date:
23 October 2014
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined ninth to twelfth periodic reports of Albania
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
2 January 2019
Accessed Date:
10 September 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Albania: Roma and Balkan Egyptians. Version 4.0
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2021
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Albania. Roma Rights in the Time of COVID.
Source:
European Roma Rights Centre
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Bernard Rorke; Jonathan Lee
Accessed Date:
18 September 2020
Title:
Albanie : Le mariage dans la communauté rom
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 August 2020
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Social and Economic Profile of the Return Migrants in Albania
Source:
International Organisation for Migration. Albania.
Date of Document:
December 2016
Author:
Ilir Gëdeshi; Endri Xhaferaj
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 23 April 2021:
Title:
Albania. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
21 October 2020
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/al.html
Accessed Date:
23 October 2020
Title:
Albania. Nations in Transit 2020.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/albania/nations-transit/2020
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Albania. Freedom in the World 2020.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/albania/freedom-world/2020
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Albania. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Albania.html
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
2 June 2020
URL:
https://www.europeanforum.net/uploads/countries/pdf/albania.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Albania. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
February 2020
URL:
https://www.ilga-europe.org/sites/default/files/Albania.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Albania: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-trafficking-in-persons-report/albania/
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Police Integrity and Corruption in Albania 2.0
Source:
Institute for Democracy and Mediation
URL:
http://idmalbania.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Police-Integrity-and-Corruption-in-Albania-2.0.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
Albania. International Religious Freedom Report for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-report-on-international-religious-freedom/albania/
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Albania: Background information, including actors of protection, and internal relocation. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2017
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632457/Albania_-_Bkgnd_-_CPIN_-_v2_0__July_2017_.pdf
Accessed Date:
28 September 2017
Title:
Albania. Human Rights in Europe: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
16 April 2020
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/EUR0120982020ENGLISH.PDF
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Honouring of obligations and commitments by Albania. Information note by the co-rapporteurs on their fact-finding visit to Tirana (5-7 September 2018).
Code:
AS/Mon (2018) 15 REV 2
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly. Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee).
Date of Document:
12 December 2018
URL:
http://www.assembly.coe.int/LifeRay/MON/Pdf/DocsAndDecs/2018/AS-MON-2018-15-EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 September 2019
Title:
Law No. 8389, dated 05.08.1998 on Albanian Citizenship
Publisher:
New York University School of Law. East European Constitutional Review.
URL:
https://data.globalcit.eu/NationalDB/docs/ALB%20Law%20No.%208389%201998%20(Consolidated%20Version%20English).pdf
Accessed Date:
12 November 2012
Title:
Country Report: Albania.
Source:
European University Institute. European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship.
Date of Document:
November 2012
URL:
https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/19600/RSCAS_EUDO_CIT_2012_7.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
Accessed Date:
10 September 2019
Title:
Republic of Albania. Election for Kuvendi I Shqipërisë (Parliament of Albania) of 25 June 2017.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2461/
Accessed Date:
26 September 2017
Title:
Albania, Parliamentary elections, 25 June 2017: Final Report.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
28 September 2017
URL:
https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/albania/346661
Accessed Date:
10 September 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Albania
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
25 July 2016
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/ALB/CO/4
Accessed Date:
16 September 2016
Title:
List of issues and questions in relation to the fourth periodic report of Albania. Addendum. Replies of Albania.
Code:
CEDAW/C/ALB/Q/4/Add.1
Date of Document:
23 March 2016
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/ALB/Q/4/Add.1
Accessed Date:
26 September 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Albania. Addendum. Information provided by Albania in follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CEDAW/C/ALB/CO/4/Add.1
Date of Document:
17 April 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/ALB/CO/4/Add.1
Accessed Date:
10 September 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Albania: Trafficking of women for sexual exploitation. Version 9.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/896134/Albania_-_Trafficking_-_CPIN_-_v9.0__June_2020_.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Source:
LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey
Date of Document:
28 April 2016
URL:
http://www.lgbti-era.org/content/albania
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
Albania. 2020 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
29 May 2020
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Country/Albania/Content/Detail/Report/da8c250a-ca0d-4a80-a821-18cd2d9a7d97
Accessed Date:
8 October 2020
Title:
Report concerning the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by Albania. Second Evaluation Round.
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of Experts on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings.
Date of Document:
3 June 2016
URL:
https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168065bf87
Accessed Date:
8 September 2016
Title:
Law No. 9235, Dated 29.07.2004 on Restitution and Compensation of Property (amended 2006)
URL:
http://www.osce.org/albania/37715?download=true
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
Law No. 10 221 dated 4.2.2010 on Protection from Discrimination
URL:
http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20English%20NDL.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
Monitoring of Administrative Trials 2015. At the first instance administrative courts and Administrative Court of Appeal.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
22 February 2017
URL:
http://www.osce.org/albania/301211?download=true
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
The Citizens' Opinion of the Police Force. The Results of a Public Opinion Survey Conducted in Albania.
Date of Document:
September 2017
URL:
http://pointpulse.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ALB-Survey-2017-ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 September 2018
Title:
Fourth Report submitted by Albania pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
Code:
ACFC/SR/IV(2016)005
Date of Document:
18 November 2016
URL:
https://rm.coe.int/16806befc5
Accessed Date:
26 September 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Albania: Ethnic minority groups. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2017
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/613731/Albania_-_Eth_Mins_-_CPIN_-_v3.0.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 September 2017
Title:
4. Impact of COVID-19 in Albania. Multi-dimensional Review of the Western Balkans: Assessing Opportunities and Constraints.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
10 June 2021
URL:
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/933637d0-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/933637d0-en
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Présentation de l'Albanie
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
June 2020
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/albanie/presentation-de-l-albanie/
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Albania. Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 April 2021
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/POL1032022021ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Evaluation of Human Rights and Rule of Law during the Albanian Presidency of OSCE
Source:
Albanian Helsinki Committee et al.
Date of Document:
January 2021
URL:
https://ahc.org.al/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Evaluation-of-Human-Rights-and-Rule-of-Law-during-the-Albanian-Presidency-of-OSCE.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Albanie : la situation des personnes séropositives
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 February 2020
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2002_alb_vih.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
European Committee of Social Rights Conclusions 2020: Albania
Source:
Council of Europe. European Committee of Social Rights.
Date of Document:
March 2021
URL:
https://rm.coe.int/rapport-alb-en/1680a1c099
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Albania. Country report: Non-discrimination.
Source:
European Commission. Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers.
URL:
https://www.equalitylaw.eu/downloads/5473-albania-country-report-non-discrimination-2021-1-50-mb
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Communist-Era Disappearances Still Haunt Albania
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 March 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/17/communist-era-disappearances-still-haunt-albania
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Law No. 113/2020 on Citizenship
URL:
https://www.refworld.org/docid/5fe1d01d4.html
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Albania
Code:
RSCAS/GLOBALCIT-CR 2021/5
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
March 2021
URL:
https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/70360/RSCAS_GLOBALCIT_CR_2021_5_ALBANIA.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Availability of fraudulent identification documents and other official documents, including passports, birth certificates, family certificates, and medical records; state efforts to combat fraud (2014–August 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 October 2021
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458442
Accessed Date:
25 October 2021
Title:
Election results. Albania: Parliament.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/node/2/elections/election-results?chamber_id=13313
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Republic of Albania, Parliamentary Elections: 25 April 2021. ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission Final Report.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
26 July 2021
URL:
https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/5/1/493687.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Final Report on the Findings and Conclusions of Monitoring of the Parliamentary Elections for the Assembly of the Republic of Albania: April 25, 2021
Source:
Albanian Helsinki Committee
Date of Document:
June 2021
URL:
https://ahc.org.al/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Report-on-Monitoring-the-Parliamentary-Elections-_-April-2021.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Honouring of obligations and commitments by Albania. Information note on the recent electoral reform in Albania.
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly. Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee).
Date of Document:
18 January 2021
Author:
Joseph O'Reilly; Petter Eide
URL:
https://assembly.coe.int/LifeRay/MON/Pdf/DocsAndDecs/2021/AS-MON-2021-03-EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Fifth periodic report submitted by Albania under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2020
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
20 January 2021
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2046178/CEDAW_C_ALB_5_8455_E.docx
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Albanie : La protection accordée par les autorités albanaises aux victimes de violences domestiques
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 August 2018
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1712_alb_violences_domestiques.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Combined fifth and sixth periodic reports submitted by Albania under article 44 of the Convention, due in 2017
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
15 February 2021
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CRC/C/ALB/5-6
Accessed Date:
26 October 2021
Title:
Albanie : les femmes albanaises victimes de la traite des êtres humaines à des fins d'exploitation sexuelle
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 May 2018
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1803_alb_teh.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Alternative Report on the Implementation of the CEDAW Convention in Albania (Period 2016-2020)
Source:
Albania. Office of the Ombudsperson.
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2046181/INT_CEDAW_IFN_ALB_44251_E.docx
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Albanie : Le refuge pour personnes LGBT « Streha »
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
4 June 2020
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2006_alb_streha.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Albania Country Security Report
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
22 October 2021
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/57be200a-2e4d-4e03-89d1-1cddec5ce4e4
Accessed Date:
28 October 2021
Title:
Evaluation Report: Albania. Third evaluation round: Access to justice and effective remedies for victims of trafficking in human beings.
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of Experts on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings.
Date of Document:
15 December 2020
URL:
https://rm.coe.int/greta-2020-09-fgr-alb-en/1680a0b84f
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Deconstructing State Capture in Albania: An Examination of Grand Corruption Cases and Tailor-Made Laws from 2008 to 2020
Source:
Transparency International; Institute for Democracy and Mediation
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
Author:
Gjergji Vurmo et al.
Editor:
International Correspondents in Education
URL:
https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/2021_Report_DeconstructingStateCaptureAlbania_English.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Fifth Evaluation Round: Preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. Evaluation Report: Albania.
Code:
GrecoEval5Rep(2019)5
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of States Against Corruption.
Date of Document:
3 December 2020
URL:
https://rm.coe.int/fifth-evaluation-round-preventing-corruption-and-promoting-integrity-i/1680a0923d
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Albanie : L'emploi de méthodes illégales dans l'expropriation des bâtiments détruits dans le cadre du projet gouvernemental de « Renaissance urbaine »
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
20 March 2020
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2003_alb_methodes_illegales_expropriations.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Albania: Human trafficking. Version 11.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2021
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1026093/ALB_CPIN_Human_trafficking__002_.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Whistleblowing Corruption in Municipalities: Challenges and Difficulties in the Implementation of Legislation in Local Government Units
Source:
Albanian Helsinki Committee
Date of Document:
February 2021
URL:
https://ahc.org.al/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/3.3.21_Final_KORRUPSIONI2021_eng.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Albanie : L'Institution d'exécution des peines pénales de Durrës et son service de police
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 November 2019
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1910_alb_ievp_durres.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Law No. 10 221 dated 4.2.2010 on Protection from Discrimination (amended 2020)
URL:
https://rm.coe.int/lmd-updated-version-english-translation/1680a0c1fc
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Human Rights-Based Monitoring Assessment of Places of Detention through the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Albania
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Date of Document:
October 2020
URL:
https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/3/a/470814.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Albania. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
URL:
https://www.policinglaw.info/country/albania
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Fifth Report submitted by Albania pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities – received on 5 May 2021
Date of Document:
5 May 2021
URL:
https://rm.coe.int/5th-sr-albania-en/1680a2614c
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Albania: Roma and Balkan Egyptians. Version 4.0
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2021
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1028602/ALB_CPIN_Roma_and_Balkan_Egyptians.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
Title:
Albania. Roma Rights in the Time of COVID.
Source:
European Roma Rights Centre
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Bernard Rorke; Jonathan Lee
URL:
http://www.errc.org/uploads/upload_en/file/5265_file1_roma-rights-in-the-time-of-covid..pdf
Accessed Date:
18 September 2020
Title:
Albanie : Le mariage dans la communauté rom
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 August 2020
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2008_alb_mariage_rom.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 October 2021
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