Right to property of the religious entities in Albania in the second half of XXth century: from banning it to the rights to restitution and compensation

The right to property and the right to freedom of religion are fundamental human rights. During the second half of the XXth century, Albania passed from banning the right to religion to codifying the right to restitution or compensation to religious entities. Nevertheless, the absence of controls over the privatization process gave a negative effect: the property of several religious entities, as other Albanian citizens, was not restituted by codifying a right to compensation.