E/C.12/ALB/CO/2-3
United Nations
Economic and Social Council
Distr.: General
18 December 2013
Original: English
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding observations on the combined second and third
periodic reports of Albania*
1.
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered the combined
second and third periodic reports of Albania on the implementation of the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (E/C.12/ALB/2-3) at its 33rd and 34th
meetings (E/C.12/2013/SR.33-34), held on 6 November 2013, and adopted, at its 68th
meeting, held on 29 November 2013, the following concluding observations.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee takes note of the submission by Albania of its combined second and
third periodic reports. The Committee also takes note with satisfaction of the detailed
written replies which it received to its list of issues (E/C.12/ALB/Q/2-3/Add.1), and
welcomes the constructive dialogue held with the State party’s delegation.
B. Positive aspects
3.
The Committee notes that under articles 5 and 122 of the Constitution, the
international conventions on human rights ratified or acceded to by Albania, including the
Covenant, have become part of the domestic legislation and have been directly applicable
and their provisions can be invoked before and applied by the domestic courts.
4.
The Committee welcomes the State party’s ratification of or accession to the
following instruments:
(a)
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families, in 2007;
(b)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in 2013;
(c)
The three Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
and
* Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-first session (4-29 November 2013).
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