Rome Statute

Albania signed the Rome Statute on 18 July 1998 and deposited its instrument of ratification on 31 January 2003.

Albania has not yet ratified the Amendments to the Rome Statute adopted by the 2010 Review Conference that met in Kampala, Uganda, on the crime of aggression and on the use of certain weapons in armed conflict not of an international character. (A delegation from Albania attended the Review Conference)

Implementation Status

Through Law 8733 (24 January 2001) the Criminal Code of Albania incorporated some genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes contained in the Rome Statute. Other crimes under the Rome Statute are deemed as self-executing (Constitution, Articles 116, 122 and 123) if precise penalties are indicated by the national legislator in connection with articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Rome Statute. No legislation including such penalties has been drafted or adopted. Some rules on cooperation with the Court are provided for in Rules of cooperation are provided in Title X of the Criminal Procedure Code and on Law No. 10193, (3 March 2009). See Albania response in 2010 to the ICC ASP Plan of Action.

Signature and ratification status of the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities (APIC)

Albania ratified the APIC on 2 August 2006.

Progress and PGA Action

PGA remains engaged through it's members in calling the government for the drafting of a comprehensive bill on the ICC.

Albanian MPs participated in several sessions of PGA?s Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the ICC and the Rule of Law: I session in Ottawa (2002), II session in New York (2003), IV session in Tokyo (2006) and V session in Santo Domingo (2008).