The Ombudsman strongly supports all victims of violence, so that they receive appropriate institutional care.

In this context, Mr. Endrit Shabani joined the dialogue with women and girls who recounted their challenges as they face not only abusers, but often institutional indifference.

He used this platform to remind everyone that our door is always open.

‘My vision is that the Ombudsman Institution should not be an archive office where letters, complaints and reports are collected, but to be the voice of vulnerable citizens, precisely when the state closes its ears and eyes in the face of injustice.

In closing, I would like to remind you of something that we all know: the strength of a state and the maturity of a society is not measured by the way it treats the strong, or those who are in the majority; but with the security, dignity and protection it offers to its weakest citizen, and to those who happen to be in the minority,' said Mr. Endrit Shabani, among others.

During this roundtable, the report on gender-based violence against lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBT) women in Albania, conducted by the LGBTI Alliance and the International Association for Equal LGBTI Rights – ERA, was presented.