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Albania

2026

STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
GOVERNMENT
Parliamentary Republic
CONSTITUTION
November 28, 1998; amended several times, last in 2020
LEGAL SYSTEM
civil law system except in the northern rural areas where customary law known as "Codex of Leke" still applies; not subject to ICJ jurisdiction
LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
Unicameral Assembly (Kuvendi)
JUDICIAL SYSTEM
Supreme Court (composed of 19 judges); Constitutional Court (composed of 9 judges, including the president); Courts of Appeal; First Instance Courts; special courts: Court for Corruption and Organized Crime, Court of Appeal for Corruption and Organized Crime (responsible for corruption, organized crime, and high officials' offenses)

RELIGIONS

Muslim 56.7%, Roman Catholic 10%, Orthodox 6.8%, Atheist 2.5%, Bektashi (a Sufi order) 2.1%, Other 5.7%, Not specified 16.2% (estimate 2011)

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