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| Leader | Vangjel Dule |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Sarandë |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre[2] |
| National affiliation | Bashkë Fitojmë Alliance for a Magnificent Albania |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party Group[a] |
| Colours | Blue, yellow and white |
| Parliament | 1 / 140 |
| Municipalities | 0 / 61 |
| Council Seats | 2 / 1,613 |
| Website | |
| https://pbdnj.com/ | |
TheUnity for Human Rights Party (Albanian:Partia Bashkimi për të Drejtat e Njeriut,Greek:Κόμμα Ένωσης Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων) is asocial-liberalpolitical party inAlbania supporting theGreekminority. Founded in 1992, it represents Albania's minorities and is mainly related to the Greek minority, and is the political continuation ofOmonoia. It works withOmonoia,MEGA and other Greek parties in Albania at national elections, under a Greek bloc.[3] The party is currently led byVangjel Dule, who holds the party's only seat inParliament.[4]
The party first contestednational elections in 1992, when it received 2.7% of the national vote and won two seats.[5] The1996 elections saw the party increase its share of the vote to 4%, winning three seats.[5] Although the party's vote share dropped to 3.2% in theearly elections in 1997, it gained an additional MP, winning four seats. However, another drop in the party's support in the2001 elections saw it reduced to three seats. Despite again increasing its vote share to 4.1% in the2005 elections, the party lost another MP as it was reduced to two seats. The2009 elections saw the party reduced to one seat.[6]
In the2011 local elections the party lost its councillors inGjirokastër andDelvinë and one of its two municipal seats inSarandë,[7][8] maintained its seatShkodër and gained one of the seats inKorçë in addition to the mayoralty in nine communes.[7][8] In the2013 parliamentary elections it retained its single seat, running as part of the Alliance for a European Albania headed by theSocialist Party.
In the2015 local elections the party failed to win any mayoralties, losing seats to other Greek parties such asMEGA/EEM, as well as the Socialist Party.[9]
In the parliamentary elections of 2017 it joined forces with theDemocratic Party and fielded two candidates: the party leaderVangjel Dule inVlorë and one inKorçë County,[10] with the former being elected.[11] It continued its alliance with the Democratic Party in the2021 parliamentary elections, in which it won a single seat on the Democratic Party's list.
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 48,923 | 2.69 (#5) | 2 / 140 |  2 | Opposition |
| 1996 | 66,529 | 4.04 (#3) | 3 / 140 | 1 | Opposition |
| 1997 | 37,191 | 2.84 (#4) | 4 / 140 | 1 | Coalition |
| 2001 | 34,897 | 2.84 (#5) | 3 / 140 |  1 | Coalition |
| 2005 | 56,403 | 2.84 (#10) | 2 / 140 | 1 | Coalition |
| 2009 | 18,078 | 1.19 (#6) | 1 / 140 | 1 | Opposition |
| 2013 | 6,089 | 0.85 (#6) | 1 / 140 |  0 | Opposition |
| 2017 | Did not participate | Extraparliamentary | |||
| 2021 | Part ofPD-AN | 1 / 140 | 1 | Opposition | |
PBDNJ minority groups.