A/HRC/20/24/Add.1
A.
Normative and institutional framework for the protection of the human
rights of migrants
70.
The Government should:
(a)
Undertake a comprehensive legal review of the level of harmonization of
the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers
and Members of Their Families with domestic law;
(b)
Adopt the new national strategy on migration 2013–2018 on the basis of
a critical evaluation of the implementation of the National Strategy on Migration
2005–2010 and the country’s international human rights obligations. The Government
is invited to incorporate the recommendations of the Committee on Migrant Workers
and the present recommendations in the new strategy;
(c)
Place vulnerable groups – children, women, youth and the Roma – at the
heart of a human rights-based national migration strategy. The Government is called
upon to undertake analysis on (i) the interrelation between migration and all forms of
exploitation, including trafficking, and (ii) the human rights of women in the context
of migration, and to ensure sustainability of shelters for victims of violence.
B.
National human rights protection system
71.
The Government should:
(a)
Elaborate a national human rights strategy in broad-based consultation
with, inter alia, members of the Parliament and the judiciary, civil society, the
People’s Advocate, the Commissioner for the Protection from Discrimination,
representatives of vulnerable groups, academics, and the media. Such a strategy
should include specific action points on the promotion and protection of the human
rights of migrants in Albania and Albanian migrants abroad;
(b)
Strengthen the human, technical and financial resources of the People’s
Advocate and the Commissioner for the Protection from Discrimination and
significantly ease their donor dependency;
(c)
Appoint an official body, entity or focal point responsible for monitoring,
evaluating and recommending action for the protection and promotion of the human
rights of migrants, or assigning an existing entity with such specific responsibility;
(d)
Enforce the Law on Legal Aid, including by: (i) identifying a line for its
implementation in the State budget; (ii) implementing the 2011 agreement between
civil society and the Legal Aid Commission on provision of legal assistance; and (iii)
disseminating information on available lawyers under this agreement to relevant
professional groups, in particular to the Border and Migration Police and social
workers;
(e)
Establish a centralized mechanism for data collection, management and
analysis of all migration issues – disaggregated by sex, age, nationality, socio-economic
background – as a foundation for rights-based policymaking on migration;
(f)
Undertake systematic training on human rights and migration for
lawyers and judges, social workers, migration and border police, civil servants,
representatives of the media and members of parliament. The Government is strongly
encouraged to continue and further develop, in partnership with civil society, the
training programmes on migration law undertaken by the School of Magistrates in
Tirana;
20