Supporting effective domestic remedies and facilitating the execution of judgments in Albania
The main partners and beneficiaries of the Project are the School of Magistrates, the Ministry of Justice (Property Treatment Agency and State Advocate), the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court and the Prosecution General’s Office.
The main aim is to improve the capacity of the judiciary to apply the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) case law at the national level, as well as to enable legal professionals to effectively apply remedies related to non-enforcement of national judgments closely targeting undue length of proceedings (objective 1), property compensation/restitution (objective 2), and fairness of criminal proceedings (objective 3).
The following results are expected:
- to identify shortcomings concerning the non-enforcement of national judgments/decisions and length of proceedings and to propose legislative solution;
- to strengthen capacity of the School of Magistrates to develop and implement human rights training curricula and materials in line with European human rights standards;
- to strengthen capacities of legal professionals to interpret and apply the provisions of the Article 6§1 of the ECHR.
- to ensure that requirements to render the mechanism to execute judgments in relation to compensation or restitution of property are effective and clear;
- to assess legislative measures concerning non-execution of judgments and administrative decisions in context of compensation/restitution of property;
- to improve knowledge of legal professionals on the issue of enforcement of judgments in context of compensation/restitution of property;
- to propose amendments for national criminal legislation to allow for the reopening of criminal proceedings in case of violation of the right to fair trial;
- to strengthen the capacity of the School of Magistrates to train judges and prosecutors on the reopening of criminal proceedings and fair trial;
- to strengthen the capacity of judges and prosecutors to apply the requirements of Article 6 of the ECHR and the relevant case law of the ECtHR with regards to the fairness and reopening of criminal proceedings.
Project information
- Duration: 29 months (1 January 2017 – 24 May 2019)
- Place/ country: Albania
- Budget: 700 000 €
- Funding: European Union/Council of Europe Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey
Project documentation
Useful links
Publications
- Training manual on effective remedies for length of proceedings - ENG - ALB
- Training manual on property rights - ENG - ALB
- Training manual on the right to fair trail and reopening of domestic proceedings - ENG - ALB
- Assessment report on national remedies for the length of proceedings - ENG
- Assessment report on national remedies for property restitution and compensation mechanism - ENG
- Assessment report on national remedies for fairness of criminal proceedings - ENG
- Commentary on law “on treatment of property and completion of the property restitution process” - ENG - ALB
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