Warranties of Albanian criminal law for children protection from 'indecency offences' and the Albanian judicial practice

• Author: Marilda Menkshi
• Position: National Bar Chamber, Albania
• Pages: 236-240

Vol. 2 No. 2

July 2016

Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences

IIPCCL Publishing, Tirana-Albania

ISSN 2410-3918

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Warranties of Albanian criminal law for children protection from “indecency

oencesandtheAlbanianjudicialpractice

PhD (C.) Marilda Menkshi

National Bar Chamber, Albania

Abstract

Thispaper willfocus oncriminal actsof childsexual abusesexual oensesIn particular

will be analyzed the category of obscenity as a crime (lat. luksuri). This work will be analyzed

undertheperspectiveoftheConventionontheRightsoftheChildtoreectthealignmentof

Albanian criminal law with the Convention, as a minimum guarantee to be provided by the

States.

Specialaention will bepaid to theanalysis of thecriminal legislation particularlyto the

oenseluksuri, to see its adaptation in the Albanian transition period. There will be special

aentiontoAlbanian judicialpracticeinrelationto sexualharassmentobscenityThesewill

be used to identify the needs of the Albanian legislation, because legislation must not only be

wrienbutmustaboveallbeapplied

Keywords: sexualoensesindecencyoences childphysical integritymoralintegrity of

children, sexual/homosexual relations with minors.

Introduction

Albanian criminal legislation has paid special aention to the violation of sexual

freedom and personal dignity. However at the same time there is a distinction between

sexualoence and "crimes against honor and dignity of the person". If we refer to the

practices of other countries like France, Criminal Law provides in section III sexual

assaultarticlesandItalyinitsCriminalLawprovidesoensesagainst

public morality and good customs (Articles 519-544) and are positioned in Section IX;

Switzerland’s Criminal Law stipulates in Chapter V of crimes against morality, sexual

crimes (Elezi, 2005, 101). The Albanian Criminal Law has established in section VI

“SexualOences and Oensesagainstthe honoranddignity in section VIII of the

second chapter Criminal oensesagainstperson. This ranking is not inadvertently

made, because in Albania these category of crimes are considered serious crimes,

incompatiblewiththeconceptofhonorandpublicmoralSpecialaentionispaidto

the protection of children, from sexual oenses as a vulnerable target group, due to

theincompletenessofthedevelopmentofphysicaltnessbutalsohispersonalityIf

wedenetheconceptofsexualoencewewillunderstandthoseactscommiedwith

intenttowardsexualfreedomandaectingthehealthofwomenormenprotected

by the criminal laws of criminal actions (Elezi, 2005, 102). Within this section are

included indecencyoenses, which according to the forecast of the Albanian Criminal

Law, section 108, provides that Indecentoencesconductedwithminorsundertheageof

fourteenyearscondemnedwithimprisonmentuptoveyears

 Criminal Law No. 7895 dated 27.01.1995 amended by Law No. 8733 , dated 24.01.2001 , amended by Law 144/2013

Article 23 .