By decision 102/2023, the Assembly extended by six months the mandate for the activity of the Special Parliamentary Committee on the Realization of Electoral Reform, which expires on March 21, 2024. The responsibility of the Committee is to address the recommendations that have not yet been implemented from OSCE/ODIHR missions, decisions of the Constitutional Court
The Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) together with 31 local, regional, and european organizations, submitted on 17.12.2023 to the Constitutional Court (CC), an amicus curiae in the interest of the constitutional review of the Protocol between the Government of the Republic of Italy and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania (RA) “On strengthening
ON THE PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY AND THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA ON STRENGTHENING COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF MIGRATION Introduction In the beginning of November 2023, the media made public news of the signing of the Protocol between the Government of the Republic of Italy
Victory for the Civic Sector and Organizational Freedom The Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) in partnership with the organizations Civil Rights Defender (Tirana Branch), the Albanian Media Council, the Alliance against LGBT Discrimination and the Balkan Network for Investigative Journalism Albania – Balkans (BIRN Albania) invested the Constitutional Court in January 2023, through a request requesting
Pursuant to its mission for respect for and protection of citizens’ rights and freedoms, the Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) follows, verifies, and monitors their implementation, in accordance with the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), the Constitution, domestic legislation, and other international documents that we adhere to or that represent good guiding practices for democratic
Some days ago, I.J. who is serving an imprisonment sentence at the Drenova prison addressed theAlbanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) with the following complaint:a) An unfair measure has been imposed on me. They imposed special supervision on me forthree months.b) They used handcuffs and chains to tie me to the bed for six days. I have
The Albanian Helsinki Committee is engaged in contributing to the protection of the rights of media workers, respect for which is a guarantee for having a free and independent media. journalists enjoy not only the right to freedom of expression, but also the right to employment, proper working conditions, protection against censorship and self-censorship, protection
The Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) is implementing the initiative “Increasing the oversight role and citizens’ demands through the support of CSOs, media and academia”, financially supported by the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and developed in cooperation with the Institute of Political Studies, Civic Resistance and Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) Albania.AHC invites all
The Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) strongly condemns the assault through numerous bullets toward national broadcaster Top Channel in the morning of March 27, 2023. This very dangerous mafioso assault has shocked and disturbed the entire public opinion and especially the community of journalists. Television and media in general as is known are very powerful, continuously
Authorities react poorly and do not collaborate effectively For about four months, the Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) has been monitoring the environmental pollution from hydrocarbon waste and the real and potential threat to the health and lives of inhabitants of the Zharrëz Administrative Unit, Patos Municipality, Fier County. Initially, on October 18, 2022, a group