Human Rights in Albania

Human Rights in Albania
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1985
Genre: Civil rights
ISBN:

Human Rights and Democracy in Albania

Human Rights and Democracy in Albania
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1997
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Whose Justice? The Agrarian Reform in the Post Communist Albania and Its Impact on the Right to Property

Whose Justice? The Agrarian Reform in the Post Communist Albania and Its Impact on the Right to Property
Author: Luljeta Ikonomi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN:

The article analyses the jurisprudence of the Albanian Constitutional Court on the land reform in the post-communist Albania, which highly impacted the Constitutional right of the property of the (legal) owners. It takes a three dimensional approach. Firstly, the article provides a brief analysis of the process of nationalization of the immovable property by the Albanian Communist Regime. Secondly, it examines the efforts of the Albanian Governments after the fall of the communism to redress the past injustice of massive property confiscation/nationalisation. Such efforts had to address two conflicting interests: the interests of traditional owners and the interests of those who possessed and enjoyed the immovable property of the former, either due to formal allocation from the communist state, or by occupation after the fall of communism. Thirdly, it analyses the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of Albania developed due to such conflicting interests. It finds that both the Governmental reform for returning private property and the Constitutional Court refer to a re-distribution of immovable property in accordance with the principle of social justice, however the definition of social justice remains plausible. The Court refers to the justice of majority, with the majority including the de facto possessors of the immovable property and not the historical owners who have the legal entitlement in accordance with the Civil Code. The latter, by and large, practically can not use and enjoy their property even in the post-communist Albania, as it was expropriated for the interests of other private parties, under a state established compensation regime with a fixed price, considerably lower than the price of the market. The analysis is carried out under the lenses of the concept of social justice, as it has been formulated by the Albanian Constitution and following the interpretation of the Albanian Constitutional Court in cases concerning the private property reform.

Challenges to Democracy in Albania

Challenges to Democracy in Albania
Author: Christopher H. Smith
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 121
Release: 1998-04
Genre:
ISBN: 0788148168

The proceedings of the Congressional hearing on challenges to democracy in Albania. Witnesses testifying include Elez Biberaj, chief of the Albanian Service of the Voice of America; Kathleen Imholz, attorney and specialist on the Albanian legal system; and Fred Abrahams, consultant for Human Rights Watch/Helsinki and principal author of a comprehensive report on human rights in Albania. Also includes: various Albanian Laws on: genocide and crimes against humanity, verification of moral character of officials, and the interruption of pregnancy. Also an interview with Arthur E. Liolin, Chancellor of the Albanian Archdiocese in Boston.

Post-Communist Transitional Justice

Post-Communist Transitional Justice
Author: Lavinia Stan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2015-02-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1316272664

Taking stock of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the collapse of the communist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe, this volume explores how these societies have grappled with the serious human rights violations of past regimes. It focuses on the most important factors that have shaped the nature, speed, and sequence of transitional justice programs in the period spanning the revolutions that brought about the collapse of the communist dictatorships and the consolidation of new democratic regimes. Contributors explain why leaders made certain choices, discuss the challenges they faced, and explore the role of under-studied actors and grassroots strategies. Written by recognized experts with an unparalleled grasp of the region's communist and post-communist reality, this volume addresses far-reaching reckoning, redress, and retribution policy choices. It is an engaging, carefully crafted volume, which covers a wide variety of cases and discusses key transitional justice theories using both qualitative and quantitative research methods.