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
- AUGUST 18, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
"Some people have said that the death penalty should...
"Some people have said that the death penalty should be reintroduced," said Nard Ndoka, leader of the Assembly group of the Democrat Party during an interview on Albanian radio
- APRIL 24, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
In September 2002 the Albanian government took the...
In September 2002 the Albanian government took the decision to approve "in principle" Protocol No
- JANUARY 1, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The last execution in Albania took place in 1995
The last execution in Albania took place in 1995
- JANUARY 1, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Military Code envisages the death penalty for seven...
The Military Code envisages the death penalty for seven crimes: surrender to enemy forces resulting in severe consequences; releasing state secrets; collaborating with the enemy; defection of senior military personnel; non-observance of orders; forcing ot
- JANUARY 1, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal...
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
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2002AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian government took the decision to approve...
The Albanian government took the decision to approve "in principle" Protocol No 13 of the European Convention for the Defence of Human Rights and Essential Freedoms, which would abolish the death penalty under all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2002AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished on December 10, 1999...
The death penalty was abolished on December 10, 1999 as the Constitutional Court considered it to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998
- APRIL 25, 2001AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished on December 10, 1999...
The death penalty was abolished on December 10, 1999 as the Constitutional Court considered it to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998
- AUGUST 5, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian Republican Party (RP) stated that "the...
The Albanian Republican Party (RP) stated that "the organs of order and justice are not able to combat crime because they do not posses the basic element to confine crime; the death sentence"
- JULY 13, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania's National Assembly ratified Protocol 6 of...
Albania's National Assembly ratified Protocol 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights which sees the end of capital punishment in the country