Albania
2026
- 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)
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2009AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2008AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Albania voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JUNE 1, 2007AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection...
Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection...
- MARCH 25, 2007AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
ALBANIA AMENDS PENAL CODE TO SCRAP COURT MARTIAL DEATH PENALTY
The Council of Ministers approved a bill to amend the Law on the Penal Military Code of the Republic of
- JANUARY 1, 2007AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2006AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999, when the Constitutional Court considered the death penalty to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998.
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999, when the Constitutional Court considered the death penalty to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998.
- APRIL 20, 2005AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999, when the Constitutional Court considered the death penalty to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998.
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999, when the Constitutional Court considered the death penalty to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998.
- APRIL 21, 2004AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- JANUARY 1, 2004AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999, when the Constitutional Court considered the death penalty to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998.
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999, when the Constitutional Court considered the death penalty to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998.
- OCTOBER 10, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
On the occasion of the International Day Against Death...
On the occasion of the International Day Against Death Penalty, the Albanian Committee of Helsinki (KSHH) reiterated that capital punishment was not and could not be a determinative factor in crime prevention and appealed to public opinion to say "Stop" t