The Treatment of Executed Persons and Those Who Died in State Custody, 1944–1960: The Normative Framework, Typology and Procedural Chain

The Treatment of Executed Persons and Those Who Died in State Custody, 1944–1960: The Normative Framework, Typology and Procedural Chain”, by S. Mara, O. Besho, L. Ismaili and J. Hibo, examines how the Albanian state in the first post-World War II years regulated, at the legal and administrative levels, the death penalty, executions, and the treatment of persons who died in state institutions. The study draws on archival documents, judicial decisions, normative acts, administrative correspondence, and internal regulations, reconstructing the procedural chain from sentencing to the responsible implementing authority. Particular attention is given to the absence of documentation concerning executions and the fate of the bodies, examining whether this absence may be linked to administrative practices and to the rules governing the preservation and destruction of records.