Legal Provisions, Discrimination and Uncertainty on LGBT community in Albania.
Legal Provisions, Discrimination and Uncertainty on LGBT community in Albania.

Laws on human rights vs exerted rights of LGBT persons

Summary/Abstract: During the communist regime and until 1995 homosexual relations were sentecedby law in Albania as a criminal offense. Membership in the Council of Europe andthe ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights brought as a resultthe improvement of the legal framework and the abolition of the condemnationof homosexual relations. The first attempts of activism were shown in the form ofmeetings on joint activities organized by the Gay community in public spaces orcruising areas. In 1994, an Albanian newspaper published the first interview of agay community member. In the early 2000s,”Gish Albania” and “Alga” were the firstorganizations, which provided specifically in their statute the protection of LGBT rightsand made serious efforts to the promote of their rights and the establishment of asmall nucleus of people that would encourage the formation of a LGBT community.On March 13, 2010, the Anti-Discrimination Law, one of the essential legalinstruments that protects human rights in Albania, and also includes the prohibitionof discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, came into force. Albania hasalready the Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination. Two LGBT organizationshave already been established in Albania: the Alliance against Discrimination LGBTand LGBT Pro Albania. They aim to protect the rights of sexual minorities in Albaniaand promote a national movement of social mobilization to protect and promote therights of this community in Albania

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