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CRCA/ECPAT ALBANIA: DRAFT-LAW ON SEX OFFENDERS TO BE CONSULTED WITH INSTITUTIONS AND NGOs
Experts of the Free Legal Aid Office for Vulnerable Children and Youth in Albania (FLA), after months of intensive work are ready to present the draft law on sex offenders in Albania!
Tirana, September 16, 2020 - Experts of the Free Legal Aid Office For Vulnerable Children and Youth of CRCA/ECPAT Albania, after several months of... -
Instruction for opening schools in Albania exposes children to punishment and expulsion
CRCA/ECPAT Albania asks the Ministry of Education to urgently stop violating children’s rights
Tirana, 13 September 2020 - The latest instruction issued by the Minister of Education on measures of care and protection from Covid19 is in open... -
"Our Rights" brings together 25 teachers from Albania and Kosovo
The Embassy of Slovenia supports teachers Training of Trainers and exchange on the rights of the child between Albania and Kosovo
Tirana, 13 September 2020 – This is the first time that, CRCA/ECPAT Albania and the Institute for the Promotion of Education in Kosovo, with the... -
Ministry of Justice authorises CRCA/ECPAT Albania to provide free legal services to vulnerable children and youth supported by the national budget
More children and youth, victims of violence, discrimination, or in conflict with the law, will enjoy better access to justice thanks to the support of CRCA’s Free Legal Aid Office from the cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and our long-term partners ALO 116-111 and PINK Embassy!
Tirana, 10 September 2020 - CRCA was selected and authorised today as one of the twelve CSOs in Albania to provide primary free legal aid to all... -
CRCA/ECPAT ALBANIA IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW IN ELBASAN AND KORÇA!
Thanks to the support of TLAS and the European Union program, young people in conflict with the law will receive new services that are implemented for the first time in Albania!
Tirana, 2 September 2020 - Children and young people in conflict with the law will benefit from alternative social and institutional services from... -
CRCA / ECPAT Albania in the media focus during August 2020
12 of August, every year marks the International Youth Day. CRCA has already made it a tradition of its work to monitor the issues and challenges... -
DON’T OPEN THE SCHOOLS WITHOUT A STUDY ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF COVID-19 IN CHILDREN!
CRCA / ECPAT Albania: The Government has a duty to show maximum consideration for the life and well-being of children in Albania!
Tirana, 20 August 2020- CRCA/ECPAT Albania, through this public statement, addressed to the Albanian Government, would like to express its deep... -
Pandemic increases crime, unemployment, violence and poverty among youth in Albania!
On the International Youth Day, CRCA and ANYN Albania make public the concerning situation of the youth, in the Report "Youth in Albania 2020"
Tirana, 12 August 2020 – The International Youth Day finds young people in Albania, poorer, violated and in a worse economic situation than a year...
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20th ANNIVERSARY OF CRCA ALBANIA
By March 1997 Albania was in total turmoil and people had taken to arms across the country in protest against the corruption, an authoritarian government and lack of a functioning state. Seven years after the people had overthrown the communist regime from power, the country was still far from living in a democratic state, where human rights of all are respected.
Children were among the most affected from the violence and unrest that followed. Media reports claim that more than 150 children were killed accidentally by bullets and other types of ammunitions. It is under such a background that a dedicated group of lawyers, doctors and journalists, with a extensive working experience on human rights, decided to come together to establish Children’s Human Rights Centre of Albania (CRCA). This year we commemorate our 20thanniversary as one of the leading human rights organisations in the country and the Western Balkans.
20 years is quite a short and long time in the history of CSO’s in the Balkans, where there has never been a well-established civil society. Such an oxymoron can explain the works of almost every organisation working for children, youth and human rights in Albania and Balkans. Lacking democratic values, a strong education system, political elites and geo-political realities made Albania a “perfect” country for political experiments, which still today continue to affect the rights and the welfare of our citizens.
Much has happened to our organisation during this period too. One of the largest achievements of our work and so many other CSO’s, colleagues and friends, public institutions and donors, has been the great advancement of children and youth rights, despite that the country still faces the same challenges that faced in 1997...