Monitoring At Durres Pre-Detention Centre

Monitoring visit at Durres Pre-detention Centre

Today, on February 21, 2013 His Excellency, Mr. Martin de la Beij, ambassador of the Netherlands Embassy in Tirana, joined the ARCT monitoring team in this facility.

New Report On Europe’s Prison Crisis

Prisons are at breaking point, with half of the Council of Europe area suffering from over-crowding, according to a new report.
The 2011 Council of Europe Penal Statistics (SPACE I) survey published today shows that overcrowding remains a major concern despite a 2% decrease in the total prison population in the course of 2011.

UN HRC Held 108th Session On Albania

On the 15-16 July 2013, the Albanian Government was under the Review of the UN Human Rights Committee, on the implementation of human rights under the International Covenant on the Civil and Political Rights.

Cross Border Conference And Study On Detention Practices

Regional Conference and launch of Comparative Study among Prisons in Albania and Republic of Macedonia

ARCT, being in partnership with the Centre for Civic Initiatives in Prilep, have successfully organized a Regional Conference “On the Social Inclusion of persons who served prison sentence” – Comparative Regional Approaches between Albania and FYROM –  25th of February, 2013