1A foreign child in conflict with the law shall have the right to assistance from the representative of diplomatic missions or consular posts of their country at any stage of the proceedings.
2If the child, arrested or detained, is a foreign citizen, the ministry responsible for foreign affairs shall be notified in shortest time ad in any case before the cross-examination and it shall notify thereof the diplomatic mission or consular post of the respective state.
3If a child is citizen of a country that has no diplomatic mission or consular post in Albania, is a refugee or a stateless person, they shall be given the opportunity, through the ministry responsible for foreign affairs, to contact the diplomatic mission of the country that assumes the responsibility over interests of the child or any national or international organization in the field of human rights, which mission is to protect the child.
4The provisions of this article shall apply even in case the child, foreign citizen, is a victim of trafficking, kidnapping or wrongful retention.
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