Civil rights between legal provisions and political reality in Albania
Civil rights between legal provisions and political reality in Albania

Summary/Abstract: One of the basic principles of civil rights is that all human beings are born free andequal in dignity and rights. The life protection, liberty and property should be equallyguaranteed to citizens to exclude discrimination of minorities or other parts of thepopulation. These rights are an important part of civil liberties and are considered asan essential element for effective citizenship. Arbitrary arrest, terror, torture or otherserious and unlawful interference, both by state and private actors, significantly affectthe well-being of democracy as it affects the very essence of it. In liberal democracies,leaders legitimized by the people must be involved within the norms and principlesof the rule of law in order to establish a healthy relationship between the state andthe citizen. This relationship is considered to be damaged in non-liberal democraciesas it is affected by the suspension of individual freedoms and rights. This paper aimsto analyze whether these individual rights are guaranteed and protected in Albania,considering from the perspective of the legal framework as well as in the politicalreality. This study aims to analyze the development of human rights, judicial rights andtheir implementation in our country to come to the conclusion, whether our system isthat of a liberal democracy or not.

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