Albania ratifies the 2019 Judgments Convention in Civil and Commercial Matters

On 13 February 2025, the Republic of Albania deposited its instrument of ratification of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters, signed on 2 July 2019 (the 2019 Judgments Convention). This Convention, ratified through Law No. 122/2024 under the same title, has been published in the Official Gazette and will enter into force in the Republic of Albania on 1 March 2026.
With this step, Albania joins other states seeking to strengthen international legal certainty in civil and commercial matters, facilitating the recognition and enforcement of foreign judicial decisions.
Albania has been a member of the Hague Conference on Private International Law since 2002 and is now a Contracting Party to 17 conventions and instruments of the organization, further enhancing its integration into the international legal framework.
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