TIRANA, May 5 /ATA/ – By I. Vata/ Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs, Public Administration and Human Rights, in its regular online meeting, under the stewardship of its Chairman Ulsi Manja, held a hearing on reporting of annual activity for 2019 of the Commissioner for Protection against Discrimination.
The second hearing was held with Commissioner for Protection against Discrimination, Robert Gajda, who made an overview of the activity during 2019.
Gajda underlined that Commissioner supports its work in enforcement of all national and international legal mechanisms for protection of human rights ratified by the Republic of Albania.
He said that during 2019 around 171 complaints have been lodged with Commission against Discrimination, of which 163 complaints and 8 cases are in process of handling.
Gajda also clarified that most of the complaints, about 53% of them, are related to employment and more specifically 80 complaints are filed against public entities and 40 complaints against private entities. Complaints that have been addressed in the field of employment are based on discrimination pertaining to political convictions, health status, disability, etc. Regarding the decision-making of the institution for 2019, Gajda announced that the CPD issued 171 decisions, of which 53 for complaints and cases carried over from 2018 and 118 for complaints and cases filed during the past year.
MP Alket Hyseni, while commenting on the report, praised the so far work of Commissioner for Protection against Discrimination, in particular the enhanced quality of recommendations but also the monitoring and sensitizing work.
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