Annex 2: international instruments

• Author: Irma Baraku
• Pages: 94-95

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ANNEX 2: INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

Country: Albania

Date: 31 December 2019

Instrument

Date of

signature

Date of

ratification

Derogations/

reservations

relevant to

equality and

non-

discrimination

Right of

individual

petition

accepted?

Can this

instrument be

directly relied

upon in

domestic

courts by

individuals?

European

Convention

on Human

Rights

(ECHR)

13.07.1995

31.07.1996

No

Yes

Yes,

theoretically

Protocol 12,

ECHR

26.05.2003

26.05.2004

No

Yes

Yes,

theoretically

Revised

European

Social

Charter

21.09.1998

14.11.2002

Oct

Albania did not

accept:

Article 9,

10,12,13,14,15

,16,17,18,23,2

7,30,31

Ratified

collective

complaints

protocol?

No

Yes,

theoretically

International

Covenant on

Civil and

Political

Rights

Accession

8.08.1991

No

Yes

17.04.2003

Yes,

Theoretically

Framework

Convention

for the

Protection of

National

Minorities

29.06.1995

3.06.1999

No

N/A

Yes,

theoretically

International

Covenant on

Economic,

Social and

Cultural

Rights

Accession

8.08.1991

No

No

Yes,

theoretically

Convention

on the

Elimination

of All Forms

of Racial

Discriminatio

n

Accession

11.05.1994

No

N/A

Yes,

theoretically

ILO

Convention

No. 111 on

Discriminatio

n

Accession

13.03.1996

N/A

N/A

Yes,

theoretically