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Enhancing the protection of human rights of prisoners in Albania

Prison Administration and other Governmental and non-governmental institutions in Albania will work together with the Council of Europe towards improving the protection of prisoners’ rights and supporting their rehabilitation and reintegration back into society. The first Steering Committee (SC) meeting took place on 18 November 2019 in Tirana, marking the beginning of the implementation of this new country-specific Action.

The meeting gathered important representatives from the General Directorate of the Prison Administration, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health, National Preventive Mechanism, NGOs and international partners engaged in the penitentiary reform, to discuss and take important decisions about the implementation of the Action during the next 3 years.

Deputy Head of the Council of Europe Office in Tirana, Mr Olsi Dekovi, and the Human Rights Task Manager from the European Union Delegation to Albania, Mr Erol Akdag, addressed the meeting, highlighting the main achievements within the first phase of the Horizontal Facility project, and setting the grounds for a closer cooperation between the parties during this second implementation phase. The participants discussed and agreed on future efforts and concrete interventions that would make the Action beneficial to the penitentiary development needs and sustainable in terms of results. In this framework the Action will continue to support the enhancing of the capacities of prison staff, including managerial, rehabilitation and health care staff, to apply human rights standards in their daily work. As a result, the SC members adopted the Action’s 6-month workplan, thus setting the key interventions and milestones to be closely followed in the next months.

The SC meeting is a part and it was organized under the auspices of the Action “Enhancing the protection of the human rights of prisoners in Albania”, which is part of the “Horizontal Facility Programme for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”, funded by European Union and the Council of Europe, and implemented by Council of Europe.

 

 

 

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Horizontal Facility III

The joint European Union and Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye” (Horizontal Facility III) is a co-operation initiative, running from 2023 until 2026.

The programme covers actions in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye. It enables the Beneficiaries to meet their reform agendas in the fields of human rights, rule of law and democracy and to comply with European standards, which is also a priority for the EU enlargement process.

The third phase of the programme is worth €41 million (85% funded by the European Union, 15% by the Council of Europe).

This website was produced with the financial support of the European Union and the Council of Europe. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of either party.

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.