The vetting commissions violated the Human Rights Convention in the case of the examination, evaluation and subsequent dismissal of the former senior judge, Admir Thanza.
This is the decision taken by the European Court of Human Rights based in Strasbourg. The Court says that Thanza was denied the right to be heard and to a fair trial, thus violating Articles 6 and 8 of the Convention.
Former judge Admir Thanza appealed to Strasbourg in July 2019 with the claim that he had been discriminated against by the vetting bodies. Among the eight requests presented to the court was the one for a compensation of 200 thousand euros.
The court accepted seven of them, but dismissed Thanza's financial claims, condemning the Albanian state to 3,500 euros only for the costs of court proceedings.
Admir Thanza was fired by the Independent Qualification Commission in July 2018 for not justifying his wealth, but also for concealing a fine in Italy for theft. In April 2019, the decision of the KPK was upheld by the Special Appeals Panel, the last level of vetting.
However, the decision of Strasbourg does not automatically translate into re-evaluation of the former judge by vetting.