The Speaker of the Parliament, Lindita Nikolla considered as a priority the fight against gender-based violence, domestic violence and violence against children. 

The Speaker of the Parliament addressed the Second Roundtable on Cooperation against Domestic Violence and Gender-Based Violence, organized by the General Prosecutor's Office and OPDAT. The Roundtable was also attended by the General Prosecutor, Olsian Çela, the Minister of Interior, Bledi Çuçi, the Legal Advisor of the OPDAT program, Michelle Lakomy, Chairwoman of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Public Administration and Human Rights, Klotilda Bushka, member of this committee Dhurata Çupi, head and employee of the justice system, etc. 

The roundtable was organized as part of the 16-day global campaign against gender-based violence, November 25-December 10, led by the United Nations and UN Women. 

After congratulating the organizers for organizing the Second Roundtable on Inter-Institutional Cooperation for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Gender-Based Violence, Speaker Nikolla underlined that “The fight against gender-based violence, domestic violence and violence against children is a priority of mine, as Speaker of the Parliament, but also of the Parliament, and in particular of the Group of MPs, Friends of Children and the Alliance of Women MPs. 

I, personally, but also the Albanian Parliament, joined the campaigns against violence against children and against gender-based violence, to prove that the fight against violence is neither just a cause of civil society, nor a battle of civil society with institutions , but a common cause of all society. The cooperation between the Prosecutor General's Office and OPDAT shows that this fight is not only a priority for the Prosecution and law enforcement agencies, but also a priority for cooperation with the United States, our strategic ally." 

Nikola stressed that the latest UN report published very disturbing data on the intensification of violence against women and girls and domestic violence during the two years of the pandemic. The figures for Albania are also worrying. "These data should be one more reason for all of us, but first and foremost justice institutions and law enforcement agencies, to be more attentive, more effective, why not, even harsher in sentencing convicts. 

Although we have sufficient and useful legislation and also a generally comprehensive institutional framework, the institutional response to domestic violence did not have the expected effect. There is a significant gap between the content of the legislation and its implementation. This gap should be avoided by the bodies of the justice system as well as the law enforcement agencies. "