Council of Europe

Ms Vasilika HYSI 

Occupation:

Member of Parliament, Tirana, Albania

Associate Professor in Law, Professor of Criminology and Penology, Crime Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Tirana (part-time professor from 2009)

Education:

1985 - University of Tirana, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Diploma obtained “Lawyer”
1992 - University of Tirana, Faculty of Law, Masters in Criminal Sciences

Qualification:

Training courses for legal professionals in the USA; Criminal Law specialisation at the Faculty of Law of the University "Jean Moulin" in Lyon, France; Human Rights specialisation and its teaching in Strasbourg, France, specialised in the Juvenile Justice System in Florence, Italy, etc.

Work Experience:

1985-cont. - University of Tirana, Faculty of Law: lecturer in Criminalistics (1985-1995); lecturer in Criminology and Penology and Criminal Policy at Tirana University (1995-on going) Professor of Criminology at the Magistrate School of Albania; Head of the Department of Penal Law (1992-1997); Dean of the Law Faculty, University of Tirana (1998-2000).

Associate Professor in law, Professor of Criminology and Penology, Crime Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Tirana (since 1985) Executive Director of the Albanian Helsinki Committee (2000-?).

Membership:

Member of the European Society of Criminology (2003-cont); the Albanian Legal Women Society (1997-2001); the World Association of Victimology (1997-2000); the International Association of Juvenile and Family Court Magistrates (1994-2000, 2007-cont).

Experience as international and national expert:

Member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) (2002-cont)

Member of the European Sourcebook Group of Experts on Crime and the Criminal Justice System (2000-cont); Expert on the Committee of Experts “On Criminal and Criminological Aspects of Organised Crime”, European Committee on Criminal Problems, Council of Europe, Strasbourg (1998-1999); Expert on the Committee of Experts “On Early Psycho-Social Intervention for Crime Prevention, European Committee on Criminal Problems, Council of Europe, Strasbourg (1998-1999).

Independent expert in the group of experts for non-discrimination reviews on the legislation, Council of Europe (2002-2003); National Expert on "A study on the compatibility of the Albanian Legislation with the European Convention on Human Rights". Ministry of Justice in Albania and the Council of Europe, (1995-1996); Minority Rights Expert, Minority Rights Capacity Building and Advocacy Project, UNDP, Albania (2005-2007)

Member of the expert group on the research “Organised crime in Europe” Max Plank Institute, Germany (2002 – 2004); Member of the expert group on the research “Trafficking in Human Beings in the Balkans” Pittsburg University and FORD Institute for Human Security, USA (2005-2007).

National Coordinator for “International Crime (Victim) Survey in Albania" (1995-1996) for “International Crime Victims and Business Surveys in Albania", 2000 – 2001, for the "Plan of Action for Albanian Justice System 2010 ".

Trainer for judges, prosecutors, police and lawyers in the fields of the juvenile justice system, domestic violence and articles of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Publications:

Several articles in the fields of criminology, penology, victimology, crime policy, organised crime; human rights, minorities, women’s rights; textbooks for law students: “Criminology”, “Penology”, “Criminal Policy”, “Human rights and the police”; co- author of a textbook on legal education for the elementary and high school; co-author of reports and books on organized crime, victimology, human rights; the European sourcebook on crime and the criminal justice system published at international level.