Situation of human rights in Albania.

UN Commission on Human Rights (44th sess. : 1988 : Geneva), Situation of human rights in Albania., E/CN.4/RES/1988/17, UN Commission on Human Rights, 2 March 1988, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unchr/1988/en/27743 [accessed 12 September 2024]
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1988/17. Situation of human rights in Albania

The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling that the human rights situation in Albania has been under consideration by The Commission on Human Rights since 1984 under the confidential procedure governed by Economic and Social Council resolution 1503 (XLVIII) of 27 May 1970, Recalling its decision of 2 March 1987, by which it requested the Secretary-General to establish direct contacts with the Government of Albania with a view to encouraging that Government to extend its co-operation to the Commission under the procedure in question, Noting with regret that all efforts to solicit the co-operation of the Government concerned under the procedure in question, including the efforts of the Secretary-General, have been in vain, Having exhaustively solicited the co-operation of the Government of Albania with a view to the examination of the human rights situation in Albania under the confidential procedure governed by Economic and Social Council resolution 1503 (XLVIII), Considering that several aspects of the human rights situation in Albania still require further examination, Acting under paragraph 8 of Council resolution 1503 (XLVIII),

1. Decides to discontinue consideration of the human rights situation in Albania under Council resolution 1503 (XLVIII) and to take up consideration of the matter under the public procedure provided for by Commission resolution 8 (XXIII) of 16 March 1967 and Council resolution 1235 (XLII) of 6 June 1967;

2. Decides to recommend to the Economic and Social Council that the confidential material concerning Albania that has been before the Commission under Council resolution 1503 (XLVIII) shall no longer be restricted;

3. Further decides that the present decision, adopted at the Commission s 43rd (closed) meeting, on 2 March 1988, be made public as resolution 1988/17 of the Commission's forty-fourth session.

43rd (closed) meeting
2 March 1988
[Adopted by a roll-call vote of 15 to 11, with
17 abstentions. See chap. XII.]
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