Union of Albanian Judges

The National Association of Judges and the Union of Albanian Judges have filed a lawsuit with the Albanian Constitutional Court, challenging the legality of the Law on the Governing Institutions of the Justice System, the Law on the Status of Judges and Prosecutors and the Law on the Reassessment of Judges and Prosecutors, known as the 'vetting' law.

The Union of Albanian Judges, the largest such organization in Albania, will on Friday issue its standpoint on the controversial vetting law, which is designed to cleanse the justice system of corruption and political influence.

The union led by Judge Gerd Hoxha unites more than 200 of the 364 judges in Albania.