Staff
Franc Terihati
Executive Director
Franc Terihati
Executive Director
Franc Terihati is the Executive Director of Centre for Legal Empowerment (CLE) form December 2021. Prior to joining CLE, Terihati was the Program Manager of the Programs of Protecting Socio-Economic Rights and Legal Empowerment at the Open Society Foundation for Albania (OSFA) from September 2017. He joined the Foundation as an expert of the OSFA Law Center in April 2017, meanwhile during 2015 - 2017 performed different human rights litigation cases as a member of OSFA Network of Lawyers.
Terihati is a lawyer member of the Albanian National Chamber of Advocates from 2010 and he has an extensive experience in Sports Law, being member of Council of Arbitration for Sport of Albania from November 2011 and Chairman of the Council from June 2017 to December 2017, and arbitrator in the Commission of Appeal of Albanian Football Association from September 2011 to March 2012.
He has written compelling articles, some of which are “Guaranteeing the right to have a legal assistance for the victim/accusing victim during the criminal proceedings”, “Guaranteeing the right to have a legal counsel for the victim / accusing victim during the criminal proceedings”, “Criminal offenses of active and passive corruption in the private sector”, “Execution of tax liabilities to commercial companies that do not have liquidity. Limits of responsibility of shareholders and managers” and published the book “Civil Procedure Law” in 2015.
Terihati is a graduate of the Faculty of Law, University of Tirana.
Arbesa Kurti
Attorney at Law
Arbesa Kurti
Attorney at Law
MSc. Arbesa Kurti is a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Legal Empowerment (CLE) from December 2021. From the 2015-2016 academic year, she is an external lecturer at the University of Tirana, Faculty of Law.
Since 2011, he has been involved in civil society and has assisted in important issues for the protection of human rights, such as the right to housing, the rights of victims, the right to have a lawyer during the criminal process, the rights of employees , environmental protection, the right to information, the right to public consultation, etc., as well as participated and coordinated working groups for the drafting of a series of studies on the above-mentioned rights.
As an expert, she has participated in several trainings over the years, related to the law on the right to information, the law on public notification and consultation, the law on legal aid, the Criminal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, minors in conflict with the law, etc. . He has also participated in many consultation tables for the drafting of legal acts and has contributed to providing comments and recommendations for various legal and sub-legal acts, especially in the legal package for the reform of the justice system. Ms. Kurti has been a lawyer since 2014 and has been engaged in drafting, defending and representing various high-profile cases in the criminal, civil and administrative fields. She is the author, co-author and part of working groups in many studies and scientific works in various fields of law, including the analysis of criminal offenses in the field of embezzlement of state funds, in the field of taxes, victims' rights, respect for the right to privacy and its relationship with other rights, in the civil and criminal field, etc. which have been presented and published in national and international conferences inside and outside the country. Ms. Kurti completed his Bachelor and Master studies at the University of Tirana, Faculty of Law in 2013 with very high results (awarded with the Gold Medal). In 2014, he completed his studies at the School of Advocacy, and over the years he has participated in courses and trainings in the country and abroad.
Klaudja Veizi
Jurist
Klaudja Veizi
Jurist
Klaudja Veizi, born on August 18, 1996, in Gjirokastër. Graduated from higher studies in Law, where he holds a Master's degree in Civil Law, with excellent results, from the Faculty of Law, "University of Tirana".
Completed "Continuous Training for Lawyers" School of Advocacy, in the period 2020-2021.
Professionally trained as a lawyer, through internships and internships attended both in the Court of the Judicial District of Tirana, as well as in law offices, notary offices.
During the period 17.02.2020 - 21.12.2020, he was appointed to the position of legal specialist at the Local Education Office Gjirokastër - Libohovë - Dropull. (General Directorate of Pre-University Education)
Since December 2020, an employee with special training, a lawyer, has been appointed at the Gjirokastër Primary Legal Aid Service Center, Free Legal Aid Directorate.
On 14.09.2021, he is currently engaged in the online lawyer platform.
Possesses very good knowledge of the justice system, with qualified and certified professional training.
During the performance of functional tasks, priority has been given to increasing access to justice by assisting in improving and increasing the performance of public institutions, with a broad training in the legal field as well as conducting a series of interviews with local and national media on the system of of justice in the Republic of Albania, and mostly on Law No. 111/2017 "On Legal Aid Guaranteed by the State".