A/HRC/42/4/Add.1 reintegration policies, development and promotion of cultural and religious tolerance and engagement of civil society. • Albania is committed to further enforce the legal measures in place to comply with counter-terrorism resolutions and increase the focus on the work to prevent recruitment of terrorist combatants in Albania, who travel abroad to join terrorist organizations fighting in other countries. (b) Recommendation 95.39: • In relation the improvement of living condition, we inform that the prison hospital in Tirana, was completely reconstructed with budget funds of the Albanian Government. The heating system has been installed, eventually solving this problem. • With regard the improvement of the living conditions at the Zaharia Special Center for Sick persons in Kruja, is under the implementation the reconstruction of two detention buildings in the Lezha Penitentiary Institution with budget funds of 97 million Albanian Lek. These facilities will serve as psychiatric-penitentiary institution. The health service in the new hospital premises for patients with mental problems will be administrated by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection. A cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection will provide the specific responsibilities of these institutions, aiming at the protection of the rights of the detainees. (c) Recommendations 95.44, 95.45: • Since 2013, Albania upon law no.144/2013 has amended or added in the Criminal Code Penal three criminal offenses related to the retaliation or blood revenge such as Article 78/a “Murder due to blood feud”, Article 83/a “Serious threat to retaliation or blood revenge” and Article 83/b “Incitement to blood feud”, aiming the condemn of the perpetrators of these criminal offenses as well as the prevention and the incitement of the retaliation and blood revenge. • The Action Plan no. 2057, dated 19.12.2018 "On the prevention, detection, documentation and fight against the criminal activity committed for blood feud and vengeance" aims to advance the fight against the phenomenon of blood feud and revenge through close cooperation with local government and non-profit organizations, resolve conflict resolution, strengthen the cooperation with the prosecution office for the investigation of the related criminal offenses and prosecution of perpetrators, organize comprehensive measures to capture perpetrators, strengthen cooperation with education departments and schools. (d) Recommendation 95.48: • Albania upon law no.144/2013 has amended in the Criminal Code the criminal offenses related to incitement of hatred or disputes as well as the call for national hatred, such as, “Inciting hate or disputes on the grounds of race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation, as well as intentional preparation, dissemination or preservation for purposes of distributing writings with such content, by any means or forms, shall be punishable by imprisonment of from two to ten years”. In this context the domestic legislation guarantees the protection of Roma and migrants with regard hate speech and hate crimes against these categories as well. (e) Recommendation 95.94: • A thorough reformation of public services related to the right to property titles, including their registration, restitution and compensation of property is implemented. The Albania Constitution and domestic legislation guarantee the right of property without discrimination based on ethnicity or other grounds, as well in relation with registration of property titles of the rightful landowners. 3

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