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 – CALL FOR ACTION BY A GROUP OF ALBANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
A group of Albanian civil society organizations, which are independent, non-government, and have a mission to protect and respect fundamental human rights and freedoms, condemn harshly, with pain, and indignation the brutal, military, planned, and treacherous Russian assault against the independent Republic of Ukraine. In these grave and difficult moments, our thoughts and hearts are
PUBLIC STATEMENT – Critique of Proposals for the New Judicial Map for Albania
In the situation of disturbing vacancies created in our judicial system and to fulfill the objectives envisaged in the new legislation of the justice system, the group of civil society organizations that signed this public statement appreciates in principle, as a very important process, the reorganization of courts and their territorial competencies. We consider that
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
PRESS RELEASE
On the occasion of Anti-Corruption day, on 9th of December 2021, Albanian Helsinki Committee consulted in a technical roundtable with the actors of justice system and representatives of civic society, the key findings and recommendations resulted from a professional, independent and constructive analysis of the activity of two Councils and courts with highest back-log. This
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
Civil society expresses its concern about the process of approval by the Assembly of Albania of ten draft laws linked with the justice reform package. The Assembly approved in its latest plenary session ten draft laws, in violation of procedures according to articles 26, 27, and 28 of the of the Assembly Rules of Procedure,
DEADLINE EXTENSION – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE REGIONAL MEDIA CONFERENCE – GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
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
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