nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210305-154025-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210305s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210305-154025-0 doi eng 342 23 Hoppe, Tilman Author aut Money Talks The ECtHR is Getting Rid of Corrupt Judges Hoppe, Tilman Verfassungsblog 2021-03-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier One of the judges of the Constitutional Court of Albania was dismissed after the country introduced radical judicial vetting measures. She challenged her dismissal before the ECtHR, claiming her rights to a fair trial and respect for private and family life were violated. In its decision in Xhoxhaj v Albania published on 2 February 2021, the ECtHR rejected her application and gave clear priority to the need for cleaning up a corrupt judiciary. It denied protection under the ECHR to those who seek to abuse human rights for protecting a status quo of corruption. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Albania Corruption ECHR ECtHR Venice Commission Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/money-talks/ raw object