National level: National Council on Gender Equality (advisory body composed of government and civil society representatives, Council of Ministers, Order no. 3, 8.1.2009 Ministry of Health and Social Protection (coordinating body of all efforts related to EVAW established by the law on measures against family relations) Local level: Coordinated Referral Mechanism was set up in all 61 municipalities, composed of local level public and non-public institutions that play a role in combating VAW

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on protection orders issued related to VAW

There is no VAW specialized court, but there are judges in several administrative courts who are specialized in VAW

women accessed courts in 2021

civil society organizations are licensed to provide free legal aid

The annual report “Men and Women in Albania” is published by Institute of Statistics. Police publishes data on crimes, including crimes related to domestic violence annually.

1 Gender Equality staff is located in the Albanian State Police HQ

Data are not publicly available. To obtain data, request need to be made to relevant institutions. However, not all data is collected. For instance, cases referred to the local referral mechanisms should be added to the REVALB system, but not all municipalities do so.

1 national center for the treatment of domestic violence victims
1 national center for victims of trafficking
1 crisis management center for cases of sexual violence
1 national helpline offering a toll-free line to report violence and seek psycho-social support (in total 5 counselling lines including those at local level)
16 emergency shelters placed in municipalities/regions
2 centers for addressing cases of sexual violence against children

women have benefitted from case management at the local referral mechanism level in 2021