Albania
Death Penalty
Posted on November 2004
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LEGAL FRAMEWORK
The death penalty has been abolished for all peacetime crimes but is retained for serious crimes committed in wartime or during a state of emergency. (Article 8(a) of the Military Criminal Code, Law No. 8003, 1955 as amended by Law No. 8991, 4 July 2002)
The Military Criminal Code envisages the death penalty for a number of crimes if committed during a state of emergency or wartime (Articles 25, 26, 28, 34, 47, 50, and 77 of the Military Criminal Code)
RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
International Instruments/Ratification Status
ICCPR - R
Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR - -
CRC - R
ECHR - R
Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR - R
Protocol No. 13 to the ECHR - S
Status: partly abolitionist
R = ratified, S = signed, a dash (-) indicates that the participating State has neither signed nor ratified the relevant instrument
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