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PARLIAMENTARY HEARING SESSION ON RESPECT FOR CHILDREN'S
RIGHTS
On November 21, 2006, with the initiative
of the Children's Human Rights Center in Albania (CRCA),
several human and children's rights organizations,
including the Albanian Helsinki Committee, organized an
open hearing session with the parliamentary
sub-commission for juveniles and children's rights at
the Parliament of Albania. The event was organized in
the context of the anniversary of the Convention "For
Children's Rights."
Problems addressed at the hearing session
were: child labor, street children, violence toward
children, children in conflict with the law, and
children's education.
At this open hearing session, the
Albanian Helsinki Committee (AHC) focused on problems of
children in conflict with the law in general and on the
need to support initiatives for justice to the benefit
of the wellbeing of children in particular.
The AHC representative at this session,
Ms. Etilda Saliu, focused on the need to support the
approval of the legal package for the juvenile penal law
system, the encouragement of legal reforms to envision
and apply alternative measures to treat juveniles in
conflict with the law, the establishment and
categorization of institutions for the treatment of
juveniles in conflict with the law, legal arrangements
necessary for preparing sub-legal acts for
children-victims and witnesses, and the allocation of
funds to establish social centers for the treatment of
juveniles.
AHC also recommended that necessary
measures be taken to prevent abuse work abuse of
children and violence toward them, encourage their
education and the treatment of abandoned children and of
those children isolated due to bloodfeuds.
AHC appealed once again for greater
cooperation and joint initiatives for the protection of
children's rights in order to have better respect for
their rights in Albania.
At the end of the hearing session,
participating organizations asked Ms. Majlinda Bregu,
chairperson of the sub-commission, to hold an open
annual hearing session on children's rights in Albania.
Ms. Bregu pledged more support for NPO's initiatives
aimed at respect for children's rights in Albania.
For further information about this meeting, you may read
on the Internet at:
www.ahc.org.al
www.parlament.al
www.crca.org.al
Tirana, November 21, 2006
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