Mr Sokol BERBERI 
 

I. Education and academic and other qualifications

• 2015 -  Doctor of Law (Ph.D.)    
• 2003 - 2005 - LL.M., Constitutional Law, Law School, Tirana University;
• May 2000 - Pre-Mission Course for Human Rights Field Officers, organised by the Foreign Affairs Department of Switzerland, Geneva
• June 1997 - International Program on Legislative Drafting, International Legislative Drafting Institute, The Public Law Center, New Orleans, USA  
• September-October 1994, Institute of Social Studies-Development Law and Social Justice Program, The Hague, Netherlands
• February 3-21, 1997   Global Legal Information Network, The Law Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA, Graduate Public Administration Training Program
• September 1995 - Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Promoting Justice through Professional Development
• May 1998 - The leadership Institute, Memphis, USA
• Participated in many international training programs and Seminars on Rules of Procedure, Constitutional Law and Human Rights       
• 1986 - 1990 -  Law Degree, Law School, Tirana University

II. Relevant professional activities

Judicial activities

• 2007 - 2016           Member of the Constitutional Court of Albania
• 1990 - 1991          Judge Investigator in Tepelena’sDistrict, Albania

Non-judicial legal activities

• 2016 -             Full time Lecturer, Albanian School of Magistrates, Tirana
• 2003 - 2007    Legal Advisor (part-time) to the President of the Republic of Albania, Tirana
• 2004 -             Member of the Legislative Reform Commission, Advisory Body of the Minister of Justice of Albania, Tirana
• 1997-1998      Legal Advisor to the Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of Albania, Tirana
• 1991-1997      Legal Advisor for Parliamentary Committees, Legal Advisor to the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, Tirana

Non-legal professional activities

• 2000 - 2007         Executive Director of the Albanian Centre for Parliamentary Studies, Tirana
• 2003 - 2010          Part-time Lecturer of Constitutional Law, Law School, “Luarasi” University, Tirana
• 2013 -                   Part-time Lecturer of Legal Writing and Legislative Drafting, Law School, European University of Tirana
• 2002 - 2007          Director of the “Parliamentary Law and Legal Policies” Journal published by the Center for Parliamentary Studies (CPS), Tirana

III. Activities and experience in the field of human rights

• 1991-1997      Legal Advisor to the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights
• 1999-2000       Project Director, Project of the Albanian Helsinki Committee in cooperation with Netherlands Helsinki Committee for monitoring prison and pre-detention sites in Albania
• May, 1999       Attended a training course on monitoring techniques and methodology provided by the Polish Helsinki Foundation on Human Rights
• 2002                Member of the Steering Committee of the Albanian Coalition against Corruption (Comprising more than 100 NGOs), Tirana
•                         Local Key Expert, World Bank Project on Judicial Reform
• 2004-2005      Local Key Expert, TA and Training for the Ministry of European Integration Europe aid/113435/D/SV/AL
• 2003                Director of the program “Public Participation in the Legislative Process”, supported by the Open Society Foundation (Soros)
•                         Chief Trainer of Training program on legislative drafting for the legislative offices of the Ministries, supported by the Soros Foundation
• 2003-2004       Director of the project “Monitoring the Parliamentarians” Drafted an Ethics Code for MPs, supported by MSI/USAID
• 2002-2003       Expert in the working group for the Project: “On the Proposal of Policies and several rules for short-term and middle-term action to establish an acceptable system for juvenile justice in Albania”, established and funded by UNICEF, 2002
• 2002-2003       Expert in the working group for the Project: “Assistance for Legislative Changes and Implementation of the Albanian Law on the Asylum Procedures”, funded by UNHCR, 2002
• 2001 - 2002     Project Director, “Relations between MPs and electorate: Increasing the Representation and Trust in the Institutions”, funded by Open Society Foundation (Soros), 2001
• 2002                Project Coordinator and trainer for the Project: “Local Government Autonomy Building, funded by Norwegian Peoples Aid
• 2002                Trained Local Administration staff on Implementation of Local Autonomy Principals;
• 2002                 Expert in the working group for the Project: “Filling out legal gaps in the Asylum System; Drafting of regulations on Local Integration and lobbying strategy”, funded by UNHCR
• 2001-2002       Project Coordinator and Chief drafter: “Drafting the law on parliamentary investigation as a constitutional obligation”, funded by World Bank and Institute of Contemporary Studies
• 2001                Member of the working group for the Project: “Increase Youth Participation in the parliamentary and political life of the country”, funded by Democracy Grant Commission, American Embassy, 2001
• 1997-1998      Chairman of the Parliament of Albania Appointee to follow and participate in the drafting process of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania
• 1997-1998      Member of the working group for the drafting of the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of the Republic of Albania
• 1996-1999      Member of the working group examining the compatibility of the Albanian legislation with the European Convention on Human Rights under the auspices of the Council of Europe
• 1997-1998      Member of the working group for the drafting of the Law on Asylum -under the auspices of the UNHCR
• 1997-1999      Member of the working group for the drafting of the Law on the Right of Information to the official documents and personal data protection
• 1998               Trainer for lawyers on legislative drafting assisting the NGOs, supported by the ORT Democracy network. A manual on legislative drafting was produced at the end of the training
• 1999               Co-Director of a temporary centre established by seven NGOs working on collecting testimonies about the genocide and crimes committed during the war in Kosovo.     

IV. Public activities

Public office

• 2016 - present       Full time Lecturer, Albanian School of Magistrates, Tirana
• 2007-2016            Member of the Constitutional Court of Albania
• 1997                      Legal Advisor to the Presidency of the Parliament 
• 1991-1997            Legal Advisor to Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights
• 1990-1991            Judge Investigator in Tepelena district
• 2005                     Member of the Legislative Reform Commission, advisory Body of the Minister of Justice of Albania
• 2003-                   Legal Advisor (part - time) to the President of the Republic of Albania

Elected posts

• Member of the Constitutional Court of Albania

Posts held in a political party or movement

• None

V. Publications and other works

• Doctorate thesis: “Constitutional structural limits of legislative power and constitutional control”, approved by the Scientific Council, 2015
• Several articles published at the Albanian School of Magistrate’ Journal
• Monograph, "Legal writing and reasoning", School of Magistrates, adopted by the Council of scientific publications, Tiranë 2012.
• Monograph, “Principles and rules for drafting legal acts: legislative technique”, Morava Publishing House, 2011.
• “Constitutional Boundaries of the parliamentary investigation power”, Curentul Juridic, The Juridical Current, Le Courant Juridique, 2014, vol.56, pg.33-42.
• “Constitution as a living instrument and constitutional interpretation”,“Mendimi” Law Journal, “Luarasi” University, no. 2, 2014.