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31 August 2017
ALGERIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
8 November 2012
Title:
Algérie. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Title:
Algeria. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
1 August 2017
Accessed Date:
21 August 2017
Title:
Atlas: Middle East & North Africa
Source:
Austria. Federal Ministry of the Interior.
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Algeria: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2016
Accessed Date:
11 July 2016
Keywords:
family law; freedom of assembly; gender equality; international guidance note; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities; social services
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health on his visit to Algeria
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
20 April 2017
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Algeria. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
6 March 2017
Title:
Algeria. Amnesty International Report 2016/17: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Algeria
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
19 July 2017
Accessed Date:
21 August 2018
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/2: Algeria
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/27/DZA/1
Date of Document:
20 February 2017
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Algeria. World Report 2017: Events of 2016.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Algeria. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; citizenship; corruption; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; government corruption; human rights activists; Internet; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; state surveillance; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Algerian Civil Society Coalition Report for the Universal Periodic Review of Algeria. Third Cycle.
Source:
Coalition of families of the disappeared in Algeria et al.
Date of Document:
September 2016
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Algeria Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
21 August 2017
Title:
Code de la nationalité algérienne (modifié en 2005)
Accessed Date:
8 November 2012
Keywords:
legislation; nationality
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain ordinary and biometric passports, as well as national identity cards, both from within and outside the country (2012-July 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 August 2013
Accessed Date:
28 August 2013
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Whether a divorce is automatically indicated on a person's marriage and birth certificates when it is finalized, or whether a person has to make a request for this information to appear on these two documents; if the person has to appeal to ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 April 2014
Accessed Date:
21 August 2014
Keywords:
identity documents; legal system; marriage
Title:
Requirements and procedures for obtaining a birth certificate, an extract of the 12-S birth certificate, and a national identity card, including the regional governments responsible for issuing the documents; whether it is possible to obtain...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 June 2014
Accessed Date:
28 August 2014
Keywords:
identity documents
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Information on the Mouvement pour l'autonomie de la Kabylie (MAK), including its activities and the treatment of MAK members at the hands of the authorities and Islamists; treatment of Berbers by the authorities and Islamists (2009 - March 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 August 2013
Accessed Date:
28 August 2013
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Algeria. Conflict Trends (No. 43). Real-Time Analysis of African Political Violence.
Source:
Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project
Date of Document:
November 2015
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; corruption; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; map; police/security forces; political activities
Title:
Deciphering Algeria: the stirrings of reform?
Source:
European Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
9 December 2015
Accessed Date:
11 July 2016
Keywords:
extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; labour; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; religion; tribes/clans
Title:
Algeria and Its Neighbours. Middle East and North Africa Report N° 164.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
13 October 2015
Accessed Date:
11 July 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; extremist/terrorist organizations; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition
Title:
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Election for Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani (Algerian National People's Assembly) of 4 May 2017.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Election for President of 17 April 2014.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
21 August 2014
Keywords:
election; political activities; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Algeria's South: Trouble's Bellwether. Middle East & North Africa Report N° 171.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
21 November 2016
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 - Algeria Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
11 July 2016
Keywords:
children; conflict; corruption; election; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political organizations; religion; trafficking in persons; transport infrastructure
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: Algeria
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
6 July 2017
Accessed Date:
29 July 2017
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Combatting Violence Against Women in Algeria : Mobilizing and Challenges
Source:
Association for Women's Rights in Development
Date of Document:
2 December 2015
Accessed Date:
11 July 2016
Keywords:
domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; freedom of assembly; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; legislation; marriage; minorities; race; religion; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Algeria. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
28 November 2014
Keywords:
children; conflict; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of movement; gender equality; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; political activities; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
“Your Destiny is to Stay with Him”: State Response to Domestic Violence in Algeria
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 April 2017
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Forced marriages, including state protection and resources provided to women who try to avoid a marriage imposed on them; amendments made to the Family Code in 2005 (2011-November 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 November 2013
Accessed Date:
28 August 2014
Keywords:
children; gender equality; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual minorities; social services
Title:
Access to Justice for Children: Algeria
Source:
Child Rights International Network
Date of Document:
April 2014
Accessed Date:
19 August 2015
Keywords:
children; legal system; legislation
Title:
Situation des mères célibataires
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 April 2016
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Situation of single or divorced women living alone, particularly in Algiers; whether they can find work and housing; support services available to them (2012-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 August 2015
Accessed Date:
25 August 2015
Keywords:
family law; freedom of movement; gender equality; labour; social services
Title:
Loi n° 15-19 du 18 Rabie El Aouel 1437 correspondant au 30 décembre 2015 modifiant et complétant l'ordonnance n° 66-156 du 8 juin 1966 portant code pénal. Journal officiel de la République Algérienne Démocratique et Populaire. N° 71. 54ème année.
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
domestic violence; legislation
Title:
Algeria. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2017: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition. 12th Edition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
21 August 2017
Title:
Situation of sexual minorities, including treatment by authorities and societal attitudes; availability of legal recourse, state protection and support services (2010-July 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 August 2013
Accessed Date:
28 August 2013
Keywords:
crime; freedom of assembly; legal system; legislation; marriage; police/security forces; sexual minorities; social services
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Algeria (Tier 2 Watch List). Trafficking in Persons Report 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
21 August 2017
Title:
Algeria. 2017 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 April 2017
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Algeria. 2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Algeria. Country Reports on Terrorism 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
21 August 2017
Title:
Recourse against corruption, including its effectiveness; the National Anti-corruption Association (association nationale de lutte contre la corruption, ANLC) (2013-March 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 March 2014
Accessed Date:
28 August 2014
Keywords:
corruption; government corruption; political organizations
Title:
Information on terrorism and banditry; measures taken by the state to fight terrorism and banditry (November 2011-July 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 August 2013
Accessed Date:
28 August 2013
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; crime; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; police efficacy; police/security forces
Title:
Information on terrorist activity in Algeria, in particular the group Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb
Source:
Ireland. Refugee Documentation Centre.
Date of Document:
24 September 2015
Accessed Date:
12 July 2016
Keywords:
conflict; extremist/terrorist organizations; police/security forces
Title:
Information on military card, documents regarding deferral and exemption; description of those documents; procedure and conditions for obtaining deferral and exemption documents (2007-September 2010)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 October 2010
Accessed Date:
8 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Actions taken by the military in case of desertion; whether deserters are being ordered to report by the gendarmerie; time allowed to respond to such orders, if applicable; whether the reason for desertion appears on the order to report; the...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 October 2012
Accessed Date:
12 December 2012
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; military service; political opposition; warrants
Title:
Obligations regarding military service and the reserve; the possibility of obtaining an exemption or stay, including the procedures that must be followed (2006-September 2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 October 2012
Accessed Date:
12 December 2012
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; military service
Title:
Recruitment to the National Service; methods used by the Algerian authorities to locate draft evaders
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 January 2014
Accessed Date:
28 August 2014
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; institutional efficacy; legislation; military service; police/security forces
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Algeria: Constitution Needs Stronger Human Rights Safeguards
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
1 February 2016
Accessed Date:
12 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gender equality; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; political activities; race; religion; sexual minorities; social services; torture
Title:
Algeria: Protesters Convicted In Apparently Unfair Trial
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 July 2014
Accessed Date:
21 August 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of expression; human rights activists; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Requirements and procedure for reporting an incident to the police, gendarmerie or prosecutor; requirements and procedure for obtaining a copy of a report written by the police, gendarmerie or prosecutor; recourse mechanisms with respect to ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 April 2017
Accessed Date:
29 August 2017
Title:
Algeria's army: on jihadist alert
Source:
European Union. Institute for Security Studies.
Date of Document:
20 March 2015
Accessed Date:
5 August 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; statistics; transport infrastructure
Title:
Algeria's Military Makeover
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Carnegie Middle East Center.
Date of Document:
19 April 2016
Accessed Date:
12 July 2016
Keywords:
corruption; extremist/terrorist organizations; police efficacy; police/security forces
Title:
Algeria. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
21 August 2017
Title:
Algeria: The invisible hand of power over the media
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
22 December 2016
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Algerian National Media: Freedom at a Cost
Source:
London School of Economics. Middle East Centre.
Date of Document:
February 2017
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Algeria. International Religious Freedom Report for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 August 2017
Accessed Date:
21 August 2017
Title:
Algeria : Non-Muslim minorities in Algeria
Source:
Human Rights Without Frontiers International
Date of Document:
15 September 2016
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Situation of Christians, including the treatment of Christians by society and by the authorities; availability of state protection; the fire at Tafat church; whether there were convictions for proselytism (2010 - July 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 July 2013
Accessed Date:
28 August 2013
Keywords:
crime; legislation; minorities; religion
Title:
Situation of individuals who have converted from Islam to Christianity, including treatment by society and authorities; availability of state protection (2014-May 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 June 2015
Accessed Date:
24 August 2015
Keywords:
legislation; religion
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Treatment of Berbers including social, economic and political issues
Source:
Ireland. Refugee Documentation Centre.
Date of Document:
18 December 2015
Accessed Date:
12 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; ethnic and national groups; human rights activists; minorities; religion
Title:
Algeria. The Indigenous World 2017.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Treatment of failed refugee claimants returned to Algeria; whether low-ranking police officers or members of the security forces would be subject to any reprisals from state authorities (2007-July 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 August 2014
Accessed Date:
11 August 2014
Keywords:
extremist/terrorist organizations; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; rejected asylum seekers; trafficking in persons
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Algeria. The 2016 ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
Accessed Date:
25 August 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; judicial efficacy; labour; police/security forces
Title:
Algeria: Prison for Criticizing Judiciary
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
7 June 2016
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of assembly; labour; legal system; legislation; police/security forces
Title:
Algeria: Crackdown on Labor Rights Defenders
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 February 2015
Accessed Date:
5 August 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of assembly; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; police efficacy
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 March 2017:
Title:
Algeria. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
16 August 2016
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ag.html
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Algeria. Amnesty International Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/algeria/report-algeria/
Accessed Date:
11 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; disappeared persons; domestic violence; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; penal system; police/security forces; sexual violence
Title:
Algeria. World Report 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2016/country-chapters/algeria
Accessed Date:
11 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; human rights activists; labour; legislation; minorities; political opposition; sexual violence
Title:
Algeria Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country/AG.html
Accessed Date:
11 July 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Algeria. State-Sponsored Homophobia. A World Survey of Sexual Orientation Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2016
URL:
http://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 July 2016
Keywords:
legislation; sexual minorities
Title:
Algeria (Tier 3). Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2016/258710.htm
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; labour; legislation; trafficking in persons
Title:
Algeria. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 February 2016
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=19075
Accessed Date:
12 July 2016
Keywords:
crime; drug trafficking; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; Internet; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; transport infrastructure
Title:
Algeria. Country Reports on Terrorism 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2015/257517.htm
Accessed Date:
12 July 2016
Keywords:
extremist/terrorist organizations; Internet; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; state surveillance; transport infrastructure
Title:
Algeria. Freedom of the Press 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2015/algeria
Accessed Date:
12 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; Internet; legislation; political activities
Title:
Algeria. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2015&dlid=256259
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; gender equality; legislation; religion
Title:
Algeria. The Indigenous World 2016.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2016
URL:
http://www.iwgia.org/iwgia_files_publications_files/0740_THE_INDIGENOUS_ORLD_2016-eb.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 August 2016
Keywords:
crime; freedom of assembly; indigenous groups; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; political opposition; state surveillance
Title:
Algeria: Current Issues
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
18 November 2013
URL:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS21532.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 August 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; corruption; country overview; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; labour; legal system; map; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Country of Origin Information (COI) Report: Algeria
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
17 January 2013
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311497/Algeria_COI_report_2013.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 August 2013
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; citizenship; conflict; corruption; country overview; disappeared persons; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; human rights activists; identity documents; Internet; labour; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; military service; minorities; nationality; penal system; police/security forces; political opposition; political organizations; race; rejected asylum seekers; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Algeria: Key Human Rights Concerns Ahead of Presidential Elections
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 April 2014
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/MDE28/004/2014/en/
Accessed Date:
21 August 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; election; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; legal system; legislation; marriage; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture
Title:
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Legislative Elections of 10 May 2012.
Source:
Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive
URL:
http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/algeria/algeria2012.txt
Accessed Date:
8 November 2012
Title:
Conflict Analysis of Algeria
Source:
University of Birmingham. Governance Social Development Humanitarian Conflict.
Date of Document:
January 2014
Author:
Anna Louise Strachan
URL:
http://www.gsdrc.org/docs/open/GSDRC_ConflAnal_Algeria.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 August 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; election; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; map; minorities; organized crime; political activities
Title:
Algeria: global reform needed to combat gender-based violence
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 December 2015
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde28/3044/2015/en/
Accessed Date:
12 July 2016
Keywords:
domestic violence; gender equality; gender-based violence; legislation; sexual violence
Title:
Algeria: Comprehensive Reforms Needed to End Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Against Women and Girls
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
November 2014
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde28/010/2014/en/
Accessed Date:
5 August 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; domestic violence; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; medical records; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; witness protection
Title:
Algeria: Feminists rally against domestic violence
Date of Document:
12 October 2015
URL:
http://www.middleeasteye.net/in-depth/features/algeria-feminists-rally-against-domestic-violence-1359253391
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
domestic violence; femicide; gender equality; legislation; marriage; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Crime situation, including organized crime; police and state response, including effectiveness; state protection for witnesses and victims of crime (2009-September 2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 October 2012
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=454209
Accessed Date:
12 December 2012
Keywords:
crime; drug trafficking; institutional efficacy; legislation; organized crime; police efficacy; statistics; witness protection
Title:
Algeria's Police Riots
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Carnegie Middle East Center.
Date of Document:
12 November 2014
URL:
http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/?fa=57199
Accessed Date:
5 August 2015
Keywords:
conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; government corruption; labour; police corruption; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Algeria: Criminal Sentence for a Caricature
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 April 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/12/algeria-criminal-sentence-caricature
Accessed Date:
12 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; Internet
Title:
Algeria: TV Executives Jailed
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 July 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/07/01/algeria-tv-executives-jailed
Accessed Date:
1 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; legislation
Title:
Le chiisme en Algérie : de la conversion politique à la naissance d'une communauté religieuse
Source:
Religioscope. Cahiers de l'Institut Religioscope.
Date of Document:
May 2012
Author:
Abdelhafidh Ghersallah
URL:
http://www.religion.info/pdf/2012_05_Ghersallah.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2013
Keywords:
minorities; religion
Title:
Algeria: Workers Rights Trampled
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 May 2014
URL:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/05/27/algeria-workers-rights-trampled
Accessed Date:
21 August 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of assembly; human rights activists; labour; legislation
Title:
Atlas: Middle East & North Africa
Source:
Austria. Federal Ministry of the Interior.
URL:
http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/90_1487770786_2017-02-bfa-mena-atlas.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health on his visit to Algeria
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
20 April 2017
URL:
http://undocs.org/A/HRC/35/21/Add.1
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Algeria
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
19 July 2017
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/36/13
Accessed Date:
21 August 2018
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/2: Algeria
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/27/DZA/1
Date of Document:
20 February 2017
URL:
http://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/27/DZA/1
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Algerian Civil Society Coalition Report for the Universal Periodic Review of Algeria. Third Cycle.
Source:
Coalition of families of the disappeared in Algeria et al.
Date of Document:
September 2016
URL:
http://www.euromedrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Joint-report-EPU.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Election for Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani (Algerian National People's Assembly) of 4 May 2017.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2463/
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Algeria's South: Trouble's Bellwether. Middle East & North Africa Report N° 171.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
21 November 2016
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/north-africa/algeria/algeria-s-south-trouble-s-bellwether
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: Algeria
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
6 July 2017
URL:
http://www.icnl.org/research/monitor/algeria.html
Accessed Date:
29 July 2017
Title:
“Your Destiny is to Stay with Him”: State Response to Domestic Violence in Algeria
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 April 2017
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/04/23/your-destiny-stay-him/state-response-domestic-violence-algeria
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Situation des mères célibataires
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 April 2016
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1604_dza_merescelibataires.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Algeria. 2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
URL:
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/268025.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedure for reporting an incident to the police, gendarmerie or prosecutor; requirements and procedure for obtaining a copy of a report written by the police, gendarmerie or prosecutor; recourse mechanisms with respect to ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 April 2017
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457187
Accessed Date:
29 August 2017
Title:
Algeria: The invisible hand of power over the media
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
22 December 2016
URL:
https://rsf.org/en/reports/rsf-publishes-report-media-and-journalism-algeria
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Algerian National Media: Freedom at a Cost
Source:
London School of Economics. Middle East Centre.
Date of Document:
February 2017
URL:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/publications/Reports/IssawiAlgeria.aspx
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Algeria : Non-Muslim minorities in Algeria
Source:
Human Rights Without Frontiers International
Date of Document:
15 September 2016
URL:
http://hrwf.eu/algeria-non-muslim-minorities-in-algeria/
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
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