{"id":10207,"date":"2017-01-04T20:49:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T20:49:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-05-06T15:36:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T15:36:32","slug":"members-of-the-high-courttheir-incomes-declared-by-source-for-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=10207&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Members of the High Court – their incomes declared by source for 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
Open Data Albania ranks the High Court Judges by the incomes they have declared for 2015. Judges in the Republic of Albania are required by law to declare their wealth and conflicts of interest. Therefore, at the beginning of each year, they must submit a declaration on their incomes, and on any increase or decrease of their wealth over the last twelve months. ODA’s investigation leads to their ranking by source of incomes, and by the total of incomes they have had for 2015. Their detailed declarations are published under the Money and Power section of Spending Data Albania portal. Transparency and public control through publications, using a well-structured format, becomes part of the activities of the Money, Government, and Politics (MGP<\/a>) Program.

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The best paid High Court Judge for 2015 seems to be the Chair of the High Court, Mr. Xhezair Zaganjori<\/a>. His incomes seem to differentiate because of his post as the Chair of the Court, and because of his professional, academic, and University-related commitments. His salary is declared to be 2 063 000 lek\u00eb, which together with his incomes from his academic engagement with the School of Magistrates and University, goes to 3 323 266 lek\u00eb. Mr. Zaganjori is followed by Judge Ardian Nuni<\/a>, who is ranked second for his professional incomes. In addition to his incomes from his salary for 2015, Mr. Nuni has also declared to have had additional incomes from his paid expertise provided to Advisory Groups of the Ministry of Justice and the Special Working Group of the Justice Reform. <\/p>\n

Ten out of seventeen judges have declared incomes from their salaries and bonuses as judges. What is interesting in the incomes that judges declare to have from non-public business companies, which function as universities, is that what judges declare is only the name of the respective universities, which employ them. Actually, the names of such business companies that function as universities, which employ judges, would be a more accurate source of income, and would clearly indicate whether their engagement does represent a potential conflict of interest or incompatibility with their position as a judge on a case-by-case basis.   <\/p>\n