{"id":22453,"date":"2021-10-13T16:34:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T14:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=22453"},"modified":"2021-10-13T16:34:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T14:34:34","slug":"discharges-and-resignations-due-to-the-vetting-process-bring-albanian-courts-near-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/discharges-and-resignations-due-to-the-vetting-process-bring-albanian-courts-near-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Discharges and resignations due to the vetting process bring Albanian courts near collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"

As many judges were discharged after undergoing the vetting process, while some others resigned prior to even go through the procedure, the country\u2019s courts are now near collapse.<\/p>\n

This comes as the majority of the courts have fewer judges than required.<\/p>\n

For example, the Administrative Court of Appeal has only six out of the thirty judges required to make this court fully functional.<\/p>\n

This court also has a backlog of 15,000 cases, with one judge tasked to review an average of 2,500 files.<\/p>\n

Euronews Albania spoke to Gerti Shella, the executive director of the Center for Public Affairs Information who warned that delaying legal proceedings, or exceeding times limits for when a case should be taken up by a court, are considered violations of the European Convention of Human Rights, and as a result, may lead to financial casualties to the Albanian state.<\/p>\n

The backlog and stalemate in the judicial system happening in several courts in the country.<\/p>\n

Tirana\u2019s Appeal Court should have thirty-one judges, but currently, there are only six judges.<\/p>\n

The Court of Korca has only four out of the required fourteen that it needs to have.<\/p>\n

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