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Summary: This report summarises the status of children's rights in Albania vis-a-vis European human rights mechanisms.
Search CRIN's ratifications tables to find regional instruments to which Albania is a party. Albania is a member of the Council of Europe and subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, which issues decisions that are binding on all Council of Europe members. The Court maintains a searchable database of its case law (http://www.echr.coe.int/ECHR/EN/Header/Case-Law/Hudoc/Hudoc+database/), and the Council of Europe's Theseus project also offers a database containing Court case law relevant to children's rights (http://www.coe.int/t/transversalprojects/children/caselaw/caselawchild_EN.asp). European Court of Human Rights One case concerning children's rights has been brought against Albania. This relates to international child abduction. European Committee of Social Rights Read a country factsheet on Albania and the European Social Charter: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/socialcharter/CountryFactsheets/Albania_en.pdf European Union Albania has applied to become a member of the European Union.