Strategic Litigation Forum
ARCT Statement With Regards To Recommendations Of The Human Rights Committee To Albanian Government
On 15-16 July 2013, the UN Human Rights Committee held its 108th Session dedicated to the Second Report on the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights. ARCT, as an accredited NGO, has produced it Shadow Report based on the List of Issues that the HRC has left to the state authorities.
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.