uL stration and eV tting in post-communist Albania inter-linked with civic trust in governmental institutions Table 1. Transitional Justice Measures in Albania29 1991-2001 2015-2020 TJ Measures Law No. 7514/1991; Law No. 7748/1993; Law No. 8043/1995; Law No. 8001/1995; Law No. 45/2015; Law No. 23/2015; Law No. 9831/2007; Law No. 115/2016; Law No. 12/2018; Trials 1993-1994: Trials for 11 former Politurbo No member and senior government Officials. They were accused for corruption and abuse of power, it was not transitional justice measures, even that time the ruling government want it to look it so. 1995-1996: 24 former senior communist officials were arrested, the trials were conducted not in compliance with human rights and with a lot of legal irregularities. Reparation and compensation From 1991: Years of prison were convert Monetary compensation (cash), in work years, retirement packages. The 8 instalments conviction was considered null. Monetary compensation (cash 1 instalment) and buildings for politicallu exconvicted. Privatization shares. Scholarships Apologies 1991, Apology from the parliament Au- From former persecutors, perpegust 1991. Apology from Enver Hoxha’s trators to their victims, personal children. Apology from Liri Belishova, apologies in written letters. former nomentclature elite (also a political interned convicted) Memorials & Ed- No ucation & Culture Commision inquiry Amnesties Bunk Art 1, Bunk Art 2, House of Leaves, Tepelena Camp, Spac Prison, (2017) commemorate of communist killing on October 10, 1947 of 15 members of parliament. of Not especially as TJ Measures but main- No ly for corruption and abuse of power. It can be found in some TJ research studies as TJ Measures. In 1991, Amnesty of Ex-Convicted and No Political Persecuted 29. Law No.7514/1991 “On Innocence, Amnesty of Ex-Convicted and Political Persecuted”; Law No.7748/1993 “For the status of politically ex-convicted and prosecuted people by the communist regime”; Law No.8001/1995 “On Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity Committed in Albania during Communist Regime for Political, Ideological and Religious Reason”; Law No.8043/1995 “On the Control of the Moral Figure of Officials and Other Persons Connected with the Protection of the Democratic State”; Law No.45/2015: “On the right to information on the files of the former state security services during communist times – Sigurimi”; Law No.23/2015 “On the service outside Republic of Albania”; Law No.9831/2007 “For indemnity of political convicts in the communist regime”. Law No.12/2018 “On re-evaluating (vetting) officers of the Albania State Police, Republican Guard, and Service for Internal Affairs and Complaints at the Ministry of Interior”; Law No. 115/2016 “On the organs of the management of the justice system”; Law No.84/2016 “On the transition of the judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Albania”; Law No. 45/2015: “On the right to information on the files of the former state security services during communist times – Sigurimi. 127