80. The Committee also welcomes the additional information provided in writing by the State party and by the delegation in the introductory remarks and in the answers to the questions raised, which demonstrates the State party’s willingness to establish an open and fruitful dialogue with the Committee. B. Positive aspects 81. The Committee notes with appreciation the ongoing efforts by the State party aimed at strengthening human rights in Albania. In particular, the Committee welcomes the following: (a) The adoption of a democratic Constitution in 1998 that enhances protection of human rights, including the prohibition of torture, establishes a maximum 48-hour limit on detention before which a person must be brought before a judge, and the direct applicability of ratified international treaties and their superiority over domestic laws; (b) (c) The adoption of: (i) The Law “On Innocence, Amnesty and Rehabilitation of Ex-political Convicted and Persecuted Persons” in 1991, amended in 1993; (ii) The Law “On Migration” in 1995; (iii) The Criminal Military Code in 1995; (iv) The Law “On the Rights and Treatment of Prisoners” in 1998; (v) The Law “For the Ombudsman” in 1999; (vi) The Criminal Code in 1995, amended in 1996, 1997 and 2001; (vii) The Law “On the Organization and Functioning of the High Justice Council” in 2002; The ratification of: (i) The European Convention on Extradition and its Additional Protocol in 1998 and the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Protocol No. 1 and Protocol No. 2 in 1996; (ii) The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 2002 as well as of most of the United Nations conventions and protocols for the protection of human rights; (iii) The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture in 2003; 35