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Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Jordan Daci · University of Tirana, Albania
Human Rights are natural rights that nature has given to all human beings and are inseparable, undividable and inalienable from human beings. They are vital, necessary and indispensable to a modern society, which without them would be unable to function and cannot be developed. From another perspect…
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Lawyer of defendant and his role in the criminal process from the viewpoint of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Albanian criminal procedural legislation

Klodjan Skenderaj, Sokol Mëngjesi · Faculty of Law, University of Tirana, Albania
A guarantee for real ensuring of defendant’s rights is the qualified legal assistance by the side of the lawyer, chosen or assigned by the proceeding body. Providing legal protection to defendants was an important achievement in the long and difficult efforts to democratize the criminal proceedings.…
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Electoral Offenses in The Common Law System

Vladimir Mulaj · International University of Tirana, Albania
Electoral behavior is a new element in the political analysis of democracy in Albania. Distinctive features of the Albanian transition distinguish other models of the former communist countries, as well as significantly differ with Western models and electoral behavior analysis of the relations betw…
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A Constitutional Coup! The Take-Down of the First President of the Republic of Kosovo

Korab Sejdiu · Law Firm “Sejdiu & Qerkini”, Prishtina, Kosovo
A coup d’etat is defined as “a sudden and decisive action in politics, especially one resulting in a change of government illegally or by force.” As one looks through all the coup d’etats that have occurred throughout the history in various parts of the world, one can observe that often the protagon…
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Human Rights of Irregular Immigrants: A Challenge for the Universality of Human Rights

Luljeta Ikonomi · Law Faculty, Tirana University, Albania
Irregular immigration is a phenomenon with a substantial impact for the majority of the countries. The paper analyses whether there is an adequate human rights framework for protection of irregular immigrants or whether the irregular status exempts the migrants from the protection of international h…
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Sexual orientation, gender identity and non-discrimination - The Albanian labor legislation and its effects on employment and vocational training potentials

Albana Shtylla · Member of Central Electoral Commission of Albania
Albania is undergoing an important moment in its integration process to European Union. In this context, the Albanian legislation should compare with the best international standards, in guaranteeing the implementation of the rule of law, democratic principals, the citizen’s equity and the observanc…
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Protection of the Human Right to Water Under International Law - The Need for a New Legal Framework

Jordan Daci · University of Tirana, Albania
The human right to water entitles everyone to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic uses. An adequate amount of safe water is necessary to prevent death from dehydration, to reduce the risk of water-related disease and to provide for consu…
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Respect for privacy from the Strasbourg perspective

Lorenc Danaj, Aleks Prifti · University of Vlore "Ismail Qemali", Albania
Following a general overview of the EHCR case of law and some of its distinctive features, this article focuses on explaining the meaning of ‘privacy’, and guaranteed as a fundamental right in light of Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, …
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Loss of parental responsibility – a new legal instrument between need of protection of the best interest of the child and respect of parent fundamental rights

Sonila Omari · University of Tirana, Albania
The new Albanian Family Code provides an additional measure reading the protection of the child, namely, the “loss of parental responsibility.” Differently from the measure of “removal of the parental responsibility” that is provided in the civil code provisions, this new measure has been introduced…
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The Evolution of the Constitutional System in Albania

Evis Alimehmeti · University of Tirana, Albania
This paper aims to introduce the readers with the standards of the Albanian constitutional provisions, as the keystone of the whole legal system of the country. As the basic document of the functioning of the state, the constitution is a reflection of the national aspirations of the respective socie…