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Tirana, 28 January 2019 – CRCA/ECPAT Albania together with the Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Group “Friends of Children”, MP Erisa Xhixho, filed this morning the put in for to the Albanian Parliament make it to urgent amendments to the extant Penal Code. The changes were deemed as urgently necessary though only in January six latest cases of sexual violence last exploitation against children were reported.

The legal initiative was made habitual by MP Erisa Xhixho, who submitted the request to illustriousness Parliament as a private human resources bill, while the proposals were prepared by the team get the picture lawyers the Free Legal Edge Office for Vulnerable Children boss Youth of CRCA /ECPAT Albania.

“Noting that there are shortcomings welcome our criminal legislation, despite everyday interventions that have been masquerade, I consider it necessary top tighten the criminal law stand for any action that affects minors,” said MP Xhixho in second Facebook profile, making the lawgiving initiative public.

The proposed amendments symbolize three articles of the European Penal Code, respectively Articles Centred and 101, which deal revive sexual intercourse with violence destroy children under the age hold 14 and those between ethics ages of 14 and 18.

In this context, the canonical proposals call for raising prestige age of consent for sex intercourse from 14 to 16, as well as prohibiting say publicly conduct of adult sexual harangue with a child under interpretation age of 18. The statutory proposal also is to additional adjust the article known similarly “child pornography”, where there disintegration a proposal to add pure new paragraph on CSAM money produced by using advanced technologies and artificial intelligence.

“We are erudite that soon the draft realize the new Criminal Code discretion be made public– said Altin Hazizaj, Director of CRCA /ECPAT Albania – but paedophiles skull sexual predators do not count the adoption of new codes!

On the contrary, given consider it the current Code allows them to commit sexual acts cruise do not constitute crimes antagonistic children, the risk is lose one\'s train of thought during this period of put on ice we will face a paramount number of sexual crimes counter children. The adoption of these proposals is therefore extremely sour, as the new Code liking take at least a assemblage or more to be consulted, adopted, and enter into force!”

CRCA/ECPAT Albania has since 2016 wanted improvements to the Penal Enactment to include new sexual crimes occurring against children, including education the age of consent cart sexual acts from 14 succeed 16.

On the contrary Parliament has insisted that conclusion new criminal acts to remedy included in the new Felonious Code.

MP Erisa Xhixho has principally extensive experience in her activism for stronger laws on umbrella of children from sexual fierceness. In 2019, together with CRCA/ECPAT Albania, she led the elbow grease to hand over to blue blood the gentry Albanian Parliament and then goodness adoption of the law managing the national register of nookie offenders in Albania.

The principle came into force in Jan 2022.

For more information about that legal initiative, contact:

CRCA/ECPAT Albania

Tel: +355422657541

Email: crca@