Strategic Litigation Forum

Strategic Litigation Forum for Human Rights Law Practitioners, NGOs and Investigative Media
Tirana, 16 May 2013

Documentation

ON MONITORING:

The monitoring team is comprised of lawyers, psychologists, medical doctors, psychiatrists, and journalists. Volunteers from the Law University, social sciences faculty, and international interns periodically participate in ARCT monitoring visits. Each visit has a number of elements applied in a standard way, as well as other ones implemented differently from institution to institution, where basic elements rely on material conditions, education, hygiene, violence, health care, discrimination and corruption.

Why Litigating

Why litigating?

In countries with active civil societies,the interests of individuals or groups ofindividuals are often represented by specializednot-for-profit, professional, orother organizations that address the problemsof individuals in the context of theirown strategic aims.

EP Resolution on Enlargement

P7_TA-PROV(2012)0453

Enlargement: policies, criteria and EU’s strategic interest

European Parliament resolution of 22 November 2012 on Enlargement: policies, criteria and the EU’s strategic interests (2012/2025(INI))

The European Parliament,

–    having regard to the Treaty on European Union (TEU), in particular its Articles 2, 21 and 49,

–    having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) (COM(2011)0838/4),

Advocacy and Campaigning

AWARENNESS AND CAPACITY BUILDING

During 2011 ARCT has persistently working to promote the important role that civil society actors should play in promoting human rights respect in the country.

ARCT Strategic Document 2012-17 has been under development, scrutiny and review of international experts. This document includes guiding principles and interventions, developments and keywords for the next 5 years.

The ‘ARCT Position Papers’ have been directly contributing as an advocacy tool in reviewing the penitentiary developments, such as the improvements in the Mental health system; the UN Convention for the rights of persons with disabilities, and changes in the police community education.