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This report represents the first ever Alternative Report to the Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography prepared by three
major civil society organisations in Albania. The report has been prepared by the Children’s Human Rights Centre of Albania (CRCA/DCI Albania) in cooperation with the Albanian Coalition Against Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children and ALO 116-Albanian National Child Helpline with the assistance and support of ECPAT International.

Albania presented its country report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child thirteen years after the ratification of CRC. Despite the Committee recognised the efforts of Albania, it criticised the Government in several areas of child protection such as trafficking, juvenile justice and commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). The report has been prepared upon the previous data and information from several national and international NGO reports on the situation of the implementation of the optional protocol to the CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and pornography. The report relies on a previous joint report of CRCA/DCI Albania, ACTSEC and ECPAT International prepared during 2009, under the title “Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Albania”1, while the information has been updated with recent developments in the area of legislation, policy developments and practice.

Previous CRC - NGO Alternative Report items

• 23/12/2011: The Albanian Coalition "United for Child Care and Protection" CRC Alternative Report, December 2011
• 24/11/2011: Honouring the Children: Alternative Report Canada 3rd and 4th Periodic Report to the UNCRC
• 01/11/2011: Suggestions for disability-relevant questions to be included in the list of issues for pre-sessional working group CRC 61st session
• 01/11/2011: Right in Principle, Right in Practice: Implementation of the CRC in Canada
• 01/11/2011: Dès principes à la realization: la mise en oeuvre de la CDE au Canada

Contact Information:

Office address: Reshit çollaku, Vila 13/1, Tirana, Albania
Postal address: Kutia Postare 1738, Tirana, Albania

Last updated 18/07/2013 15:24:35

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