REQUEST FOR BID – SUBJECT / COMPANY THAT TRADES ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, WITH THE AIM OF PURCHASING A LAPTOP DEVICE
The Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) in cooperation with the Swedish Embassy in Albania, as part of the “Drive for Democracy” / “Determined for Democracy” Initiative, is implementing the “No Corruption, Yes Democracy” project, financially supported by SIDA. The objective of this project is to empower the civil society sector in their role as important actors
POLICY DOCUMENT – THE VETTING PROCESS IN THE CONTEXT OF OBLIGATIONS FOR INTEGRATION INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION
This publication of the Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) was realized in the context of the project C1 – EU – NPA, “Improving Debate on Policies and Accountability to Fulfill Basic Rights, through the creation of the Cluster 1 Albania Platform of Negotiations,” implemented by four Albanian organizations, the Center for the Study of Democracy and
OPEN LETTER – ALBANIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE EXCLUDED WITHOUT REASON FROM MEMBERSHIP IN THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON ASYLUM AND REFUGEES
To: Mr. Bledar Çuçi, Minister, Ministry of Interior HONORABLE MINISTER, Decision of the Council of Ministers no. 206, dated 16.03.2016 “On the creation, composition, organization, and functioning of the National Commission for Asylum and Refugees,”[1] (hereinafter the Commission), based on article 100 of the Constitution and paragraph 2, article 22, of law no. 121/2014, “On
PRESS RELEASE – CANDIDATES FOR THE LOCAL BY-ELECTIONS IN THE SIX MUNICIPALITIES SHOULD NOT BE THE PRODUCT OF PARTY MONOPOLY OR CLIENTEELISM
Based on the decree of the President of the Republic, local by-elections will be held for Mayors of Municipalities in Shkodra, Dibra, Durrës, Vora, Rrogozhina, and Lushnje on March 6, 2022. The Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) appreciates the initiative of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to move fast with measures especially in terms of setting
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – ARTICLES / VIDEOS ON MEDIA FREEDOM
The Albanian Helsinki Committee, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tirana, on March 18-19, 2021, organized the Regional Media Conference “Digital Media in a new era: The route to self-regulation, ethics and independence”, which aimed to address the challenges and solutions of media representatives, in terms of professionalism, ethics
Call for applications for participants in the Regional Media Conference
Albanian Helsinki Committee is implementing the project “Digital Media in a new era: The route to self-regulation, ethics and independence”, financially supported by the Dutch government. In this framework, AHC supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Albania and the Regional Rule of Law Network of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign
PRESS RELEASE
CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING THE VALIDITY OF VOTERS’ ID CARDS The media has reported several times that a considerable number of Albanian citizens, although the validity of their identification cards has expired, have not sought to renew them. TheAlbanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) does not possess official data on what the number of Albanian citizens
AHC suggests to political parties (electoral subjects) to submit at a reasonable time the list of candidates for MP in order for them to be subjected to relevant verifications regarding the ‘integrity of their character”
The Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) particularly appreciates that candidates for MP for the Assembly of Albania enjoy the confidence of the public in the parliamentary elections that will be held on April 25, 2021. In this regard, one of the main requirements is the rigorous implementation of law no. 138/2015 “On guaranteeing the integrity of
PRESS RELEASE
On October 5, 2020, the Assembly of the Republic of Albania approved the draft law “On some additions and amendments to the Electoral Code.” Among the amended provisions is paragraph 3 of article 67 of the Electoral Code, which allows the Chairperson of the party or of the leading party of the coalition to register
30th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Albanian Helsinki Committee Commemorated
On December 16, 1990, in the last breath of the former dictatorial regime and the very first steps of the establishment of democracy, the Forum for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms was created. In 1993, the Forum was admitted as a member of the International Helsinki Federation, based in Vienna, and since then