President Rama-Hajrizi received in a meeting the Ombudsperson of Albania

The President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo, Mrs. Arta Rama-Hajrizi, received in a meeting the Ombudsperson of the Republic of Albania, Ms. Erinda Ballanca, accompanied by her counterpart in Kosovo, Ms. Hilmi Jashari.

After expressing her welcome, President Rama-Hajrizi informed Ms. Ballanca with the recent achievements Kosovo has made in the area of constitutional justice, as well as with the challenges faced in the work of the Constitutional Court last year after the simultaneous leaving of four judges, two of them international.

She emphasized excellent relations with the counterpart institutions in the region, particularly with the Constitutional Court of Albania, as well as ongoing efforts being made to consolidate the professional capacities of the Court based on the standards represented by the European Court of Human Rights.

The need for inter-institutional cooperation between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Albania for the necessary amendments to the legal framework was also highlighted in the meeting, in order to deepen further reforms in the judicial system of both countries and to adopt European practices for the protection of human rights.

Both sides also underlined the importance of respecting the separation of powers and maintaining the functional independence of the courts and independent institutions as an essential precondition for the functioning of constitutional democracy in each country.