Avokati i Popullit (People's Advocate / Ombudsman)
Ownership as documented
not publicly documented (public institution)
Description
National human-rights ombudsman. Opened a verification of police actions against protesters after activists' complaint (18 Jun 2026). Publishes recommendations on police conduct (e.g. 2024 police-structure recommendations; a 9 Dec 2025 recommendation addressed to the State Police director, per search summary).
Contracts and money
Contracts and money: not found in the research. See the gaps list.
Officials and people linked
No person is linked to this organisation in the research.
Investigations and cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From 11 Apr 2021
Patronazhistet scandal: the Socialist Party's patronage network and the April 2021 voter database
On 11 April 2021, two weeks before the 25 April 2021 parliamentary election, the Albanian online portal Lapsi.al published a database that it said was held by the Socialist Party (PS). Reports…
Status: Allegation disputed. No charges, no final court decision and no Commissioner decision on the database found. The seizure of Lapsi.al equipment was halted…
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 2 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Avokati i Popullit
- Date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Publisher
- Avokati i Popullit
- Date
- 20 Apr 2021
Other connections
- Official position→Patronazhistet scandal: the Socialist Party's patronage network and the April 2021 voter databaseSource label: Officially reported
Ombudsman: collection and use of data unlawful; PS named
Evidence: Ombudsman statement of 20 April 2021 (primary text reviewed).