E/C.12/ALB/CO/2-3 (d) International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 122 (1964) on Employment Policy, in 2009. 5. The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to directly or indirectly implement economic, social and cultural rights within the domestic legal order, which have included the: (a) Adoption of the Law on Gender Equality, in 2008; the Law on Protection of Children’s Rights, in 2010; the Law for the Protection from Discrimination, in 2010; and the Law on Mental Health, in 2012; (b) Amendments to the Criminal Code, in 2013, which extended protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, criminalized “internal trafficking” (Law No. 144/2013) and introduced a special chapter on the “Responsibility of Corruptive Crimes”; and (c) Amendments to the Constitution on lifting of parliamentary immunity from criminal prosecution for legislators, judges and other high-level government officials in corruption cases, in 2012. 6. The Committee also welcomes the strategies and national action plans dealing with prevention of, and the fight against corruption and against trafficking in persons, and gender equality, as well as the work of the Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination. C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations 7. The Committee regrets the absence of information about the cases of direct applicability of the Covenant before the courts in the State party and the availability of remedies. The Committee is concerned that the State party’s Constitution affords protection to the rights contained in the Covenant in two distinct chapters, while the implementation of one of them (the fifth chapter) cannot be claimed directly in courts. The Committee requests that the State party collect and make available information on the justiciability of all the rights enshrined in the Covenant, including the cases of direct application of the Covenant before domestic courts as well as information on the available remedies for individuals claiming a violation of their economic, social and cultural rights, as contained in the Covenant. In this respect, the Committee draws attention to its general comment No. 9 (1998) on the domestic application of the Covenant. The State party should ensure that the division of the Covenant’s provisions into different chapters of the Constitution does not impact their direct applicability and enforceability in domestic courts. 8. The Committee is concerned about the discrepancies in statistics and lack of disaggregated data that would allow for an accurate assessment of the fulfilment of economic, social and cultural rights in the State party. The Committee recommends that the State Party: (a) Undertake regular and systematic assessments, against a clear set of indicators, as regards the level of enjoyment of all the economic, social and cultural rights by various segments of the population, including the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups; (b) Set up a system of statistical data collection on unemployment, poverty, sex-rates at birth, violence against children, dropout rates and re-enrolment in 2

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