ECtHR rules against Albania
08/04/2014 00:00
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The European Court of Human rights has issued ten verdicts that penalize the Albanian government with eight million EUR.
This is about the decisions for returning and compensating the families Karagjozi, Koco, Shehu, Dovrani, Sallabanda, Gogo, Tartari, okaj and Budina, who have sued the Albanian government in the European Court for years.
The lawyer for the Strasbourg issues, Sokol Puto, who represents some of these families, explained some of the procedures that the winning part with follow.
“The complainants must address to the State Attorney and Minister of Finances to follow the execution of this decision. The procedure that is followed in these, is that the government makes the payment by using money from the Reserve Fund”, explained Sokol Puto, lawyer of Strasbourg Cases.
But when should the Albanian government pay the obligation given by the Strasbourg Court?
“The Court’s decision should be executed within three months, or there will be interests”, Puto declared.
There are 379 other cases in Strasbourg for the same reason. The Court has given time to the Albanian government for 60 other cases.
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