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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
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Decision MB8-00025 – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses, in applying Article 1E of the Refugee Convention, whether members should consider allegations of risk in a country of residence if they conclude that a refugee claimant has the rights and obligations which are attached to the possession of nationality in that country.
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Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
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Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
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Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
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Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
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29 September 2025
ALGERIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
8 November 2012
Title:
Dossier Algeria: Socio-Economic Survey 2024
Source:
Austria. Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum.
Author:
Monika Potkanski-Palka
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algeria. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
2 September 2025
Accessed Date:
16 September 2025
Title:
Atlas: Middle East & North Africa
Source:
Austria. Federal Ministry of the Interior.
Page Numbers:
9–10, 19–20, 29–30, 39–40
Author:
Mathias Vogl et al.
Editor:
Alexander Schahbasi et al.
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Algeria: Internal relocation and background information. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2020
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
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:
Algérie : Situation géographique et démolinguistique. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
20 April 2024
Accessed Date:
18 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-For-Profit Law
Date of Document:
29 July 2025
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algeria. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
18 September 2024
Title:
Présentation de l'Algérie
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
20 March 2023
Accessed Date:
31 May 2023
Title:
Algeria. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 July 2022
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algérie : Informations sur la prostitution
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 April 2020
Accessed Date:
31 May 2023
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
24 July 2024
Accessed Date:
18 September 2024
Title:
Reforming Algeria's social protection system: Public policies, community participation and the potential for universal basic income
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Walid Merouani et al.
Accessed Date:
18 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algeria. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2025
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algeria. Freedom in the World 2025.
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant: Fourth periodic reports of States parties due in 2011: Algeria
Date of Document:
23 February 2017
Accessed Date:
3 August 2022
Title:
Algeria. World Report 2025: Events of 2024.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2025
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algeria: Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/41/DZA/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
17 August 2022
Accessed Date:
5 June 2023
Title:
Summary of stakeholders' submissions on Algeria
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/41/DZA/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
19 August 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Rapport sur la Situation des Droits Humains 2023 en Algérie
Source:
Riposte Internationale
Date of Document:
January 2024
Accessed Date:
19 September 2024
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, on his visit to Algeria
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
17 May 2024
Accessed Date:
19 September 2024
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Algeria
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
17 August 2018
Accessed Date:
3 August 2022
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21: Algeria
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/41/DZA/1
Date of Document:
2 September 2022
Accessed Date:
31 May 2023
Title:
Algeria: Authorities step up crackdown on peaceful dissent in the face of new expressions of discontent
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 April 2025
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Suppressing free speech and assembly: The targeting of Hirak activists in Algeria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2021
Accessed Date:
3 August 2022
Title:
Mandats de la Rapporteuse spéciale sur la promotion et la protection des droits de l'homme et des libertés fondamentales dans la lutte antiterroriste ; du Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire ; de la Rapporteuse spéciale sur la promotion e...
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
27 December 2021
Accessed Date:
27 June 2023
Title:
Algeria. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
14 May 2024
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Algeria. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
16 September 2025
Title:
Code de la nationalité algérienne (modifié en 2007)
Accessed Date:
9 February 2021
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain passports and national identity cards, both from within and outside the country (2017-July 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 July 2019
Accessed Date:
22 July 2019
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
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
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
The Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylia (Mouvement pour l'autodétermination de la Kabylie, MAK), including its activities; membership cards and promotional posters used by the MAK to announce and promote events; treatment of MAK members ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 February 2020
Accessed Date:
22 February 2021
Title:
Algeria: Authorities target political parties in their latest clampdown
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 February 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Algeria's Hirak Movement: A Second National Liberation?
Source:
Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Loi n° 20-06 du 5 Ramadhan 1441 correspondant au 28 avril 2020 modifiant et complétant l'ordonnance n° 66-156 du 8 juin 1966 portant code pénal
Accessed Date:
9 February 2021
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Algeria: National People's Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
19 September 2024
Title:
The Road Ahead of Algeria's Elections: A Changing Status Quo?
Source:
Arab Reform Initiative
Date of Document:
15 March 2024
Author:
Zine Labidine Ghebouli
Accessed Date:
19 September 2024
Title:
Algérie : le mouvement de protestation populaire « Hirak »
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 April 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Présidentielle en Algérie : le changement attendra
Source:
Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques
Date of Document:
12 September 2024
Accessed Date:
25 September 2024
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Algeria: Council of the Nation.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algérie: Le Rassemblement Actions Jeunesse (RAJ)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 July 2024
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algérie : Le Mouvement pour l'Autodétermination de la Kabylie (MAK) Notamment sa place au sein du mouvement du Hirak et la situation de ses militants
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 November 2021
Accessed Date:
4 August 2022
Title:
Understanding Algeria's Presidential Election
Source:
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. Unit for Political Studies.
Date of Document:
15 September 2024
Accessed Date:
25 September 2024
Title:
Les mécanismes législatifs de l'autoritarisme algérien face au hirak : Entre répression de la mobilisation et prévention de toute organisation du mouvement
Source:
L'Année du Maghreb
Date of Document:
22 December 2023
Accessed Date:
19 September 2024
Title:
Algérie : La situation politique
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 March 2022
Accessed Date:
15 August 2022
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Situation of single women and women who head their own households and their treatment by society and authorities, including their ability to live on their own and access housing, education, income, health care, and support services, particularly ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 August 2022
Accessed Date:
24 August 2022
Title:
Guide juridique pratique à l'usage des femmes en Algérie
Source:
Fondation Friedrich Ebert Algérie
Date of Document:
June 2023
Author:
Fériel Khelil; Saadia Gacem
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
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
Editor:
Eric Goldstein; Rothna Begum
Accessed Date:
23 February 2022
Title:
Forced marriage, including early marriage; prevalence; situation of women who attempt to escape forced marriage and how those women are treated; state protection and support services (2020-July 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 August 2022
Accessed Date:
24 August 2022
Title:
Algérie : 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:
Femmes Algériennes en chiffres 2024
Source:
Fondation pour l'égalité (CIDDEF)
Date of Document:
June 2025
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Étude sur les opinions et attitudes des algériens vis à vis de la valeur d'égalité entre hommes et femmes et des droits des enfants : Analyse qualitative des données. Ensemble pour réduire les inégalités et lutter contre les discriminations de genre.
Source:
Fondation pour l'égalité (CIDDEF)
Date of Document:
September 2023
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. Spaces of violence and resistance: Women's rights in the digital world.
Date of Document:
May 2021
Author:
Sabrina Lannazzone et al.
Accessed Date:
21 February 2022
Title:
Algeria: Marriage and divorce
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
12 March 2018
Accessed Date:
4 August 2022
Title:
Algeria: War against women
Source:
Middle East Institute
Date of Document:
8 February 2021
Accessed Date:
4 August 2022
Title:
Code de la famille (modifié en 2005)
Accessed Date:
16 June 2023
Title:
Factsheet on: Violence against Women in Algeria
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
4 August 2022
Title:
Algeria. Trapped: How Male Guardianship Policies Restrict Women's Travel and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
18 July 2023
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
Title:
Article 66: Le remariage illicite
Source:
Revue la Place. Fondation Friedrich Ebert Algérie.
Author:
Nadjoua Rahem ; Madjeda Zouine
Editor:
Maya Ouabadi ; Saadia Gacem
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
Title:
Algérie : La situation des femmes
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 May 2024
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Situation report on discriminations against women in Algeria
Date of Document:
March 2023
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algeria. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2023.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
17 June 2024
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algeria. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
22 July 2019
Title:
Treatment of persons based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC), and treatment of their family members, by society and authorities, including legislation and state protection (2021–May 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 May 2023
Accessed Date:
15 June 2023
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Algeria: Sexual orientation and gender identity. Version 4.1.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2025
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Case Studies: Algeria. The Global State of LGBTIQ Organizing: The Right to Register and the Freedom to Operate, 2023.
Source:
Outright International
Date of Document:
September 2023
Editor:
Maria Burnett; Neela Ghoshal
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. Chapter 2: Restrictions on Freedom of Expression. Laws on us: A Global overview of Legal Progress and Backtracking on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, and Sex Characteristics.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
June 2024
Author:
Lucas Ramón Mendos et al.
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Algeria: Tier 2 Watch List. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Algeria.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
8 July 2025
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Crime situation, including organized crime; police and state response, including effectiveness; state protection for witnesses and victims of crime (2021–May 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 June 2023
Accessed Date:
27 June 2023
Title:
Algeria. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
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
Title:
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Source:
Stanford University. Mapping Militant Organizations.
Date of Document:
21 July 2025
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Date of Document:
4 November 2020
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Algeria. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
Title:
Determinants of Anti-Trafficking Efforts. Case study: Algeria.
Source:
British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Date of Document:
June 2022
Author:
Ali Adenwala et al.
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
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
Title:
Algeria: Conscription
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
31 May 2018
Accessed Date:
24 July 2019
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Algeria: Mass death sentences marred by unfair trials, torture claims
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 January 2023
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Challenges to Legal Advocacy: The Escalating Targeting of Lawyers and Threats to Judicial Independence in Algeria
Source:
SHOAA for Human Rights
Date of Document:
January 2024
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
Title:
Waiting for Redress: The Plight of Victims of Enforced Disappearances in Algeria
Source:
MENA Rights Group
Date of Document:
August 2020
Accessed Date:
21 February 2022
Date of Document:
December 2023
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
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:
Algérie : la police de Blida entre 2015 et 2021
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 July 2021
Accessed Date:
22 February 2022
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Algeria: Actors of protection. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2025
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Police rapid intervention units, including the type of training received by officers and their areas of specialization; treatment of the civilian population by rapid intervention units and by the police in general (1999–2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 November 2018
Accessed Date:
22 February 2021
Title:
Presence of police forces and gendarmes in Kabylia, including whether there is a greater police presence in Kabylia than in other parts of Algeria; use of road checks, such as police barricades (2019–January 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 February 2021
Accessed Date:
22 February 2021
Title:
Algeria. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algerian National Media: Freedom at a Cost
Source:
London School of Economics. Middle East Centre.
Date of Document:
February 2017
Editor:
Ribale Sleiman Haidar
Accessed Date:
5 July 2017
Title:
Algeria's Hirak: Defenders of Freedom of Expression
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
19 January 2021
Accessed Date:
22 February 2022
Title:
Joint Motion for a Resolution pursuant to Rules 144(5) and 132(4) of the Rules of Procedure on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Algeria, in particular the case of journalist Khaled Drareni
Source:
European Parliament
Date of Document:
25 November 2020
Accessed Date:
9 February 2021
Title:
Algeria. World Press Freedom Index 2025.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Accessed Date:
12 September 2025
Title:
Algeria: New penal code amendments escalate attack on freedom of expression
Date of Document:
12 August 2024
Accessed Date:
12 September 2025
Title:
Algeria: Authorities must protect freedom of expression and a free press
Date of Document:
13 December 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Q&A: Khaled Drareni on a worrying moment for press freedom in Algeria
Source:
Columbia Journalism Review
Date of Document:
25 January 2023
Author:
Mercy Tonnia Orengo
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Algérie: Le cyberactivisme
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
5 January 2024
Accessed Date:
24 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. Report 2023 on Digital Freedoms in French-Speaking African Countries.
Source:
France. Agence Française de Développement.
Date of Document:
May 2023
Author:
Olivier Alais et al.
Accessed Date:
24 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
24 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2025 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
25 March 2025
Accessed Date:
12 September 2025
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
Title:
Situation of atheists and non-practicing Muslims (2019–January 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 February 2021
Accessed Date:
22 February 2021
Title:
Factsheet: Law and religion in Algeria
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
November 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Algeria. Freedom of Thought Report.
Source:
Humanists International
Date of Document:
23 February 2023
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Religious Freedom Landscape Report: Algeria 2022
Source:
Religious Freedom Institute
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Kabylia in Decay: Algeria's criminalization of self determination movements
Source:
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Date of Document:
April 2022
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Algeria. The Indigenous World 2025.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2025
Editor:
Dwayne Mamo et al.
Accessed Date:
12 September 2025
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined twentieth and twenty-first periodic reports of Algeria
Code:
CERD/C/DZA/CO/20-21
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
21 December 2017
Accessed Date:
23 August 2018
Title:
Loi n° 20-05 du 5 Ramadhan 1441 correspondant au 28 avril 2020 relative à la prévention et à la lutte contre la discrimination et le discours de haine
Accessed Date:
9 February 2021
Title:
Situation of pieds-noirs and descendants remaining in Algeria; who is considered pied-noir today, including characteristics; treatment of pieds-noirs by society and the authorities (2009-March 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 March 2019
Accessed Date:
11 February 2021
Title:
Situation of the Kabyle and their treatment by the authorities and society outside of Kabylia, especially in Algiers, Oran and Annaba; access to housing, income, education and health care; state protection (2020–July 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 August 2022
Accessed Date:
30 August 2022
Title:
Algeria. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
January 2023
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Situation of returnees, including failed asylum seekers; treatment of returnees by authorities and society (2021–May 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 June 2023
Accessed Date:
27 June 2023
Title:
Algeria. Migration Profile.
Source:
Integral Human Development
Date of Document:
February 2021
Accessed Date:
12 September 2025
Title:
Algérie : Le traitement réservé par les autorités nationales à leurs ressortissants de retour dans le pays. COI Focus
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
3 December 2020
Accessed Date:
9 February 2021
Title:
Algeria: Arbitrary Travel Bans on Diaspora Activists
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
6 May 2022
Accessed Date:
15 August 2022
Title:
Algeria: Arbitrarily detained asylum seekers at risk of imminent deportation
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 February 2021
Accessed Date:
15 August 2022
Title:
Algeria. Mapping of Protection Services: A Routes-Based Approach to Protection Services Along Mixed Movement Routes.
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
April 2024
Accessed Date:
24 September 2024
Title:
Algeria: Entry, Residence and Readmission of Palestinians
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
24 September 2024
Title:
Algeria: Arbitrary Travel Bans Against Critics
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 February 2025
Accessed Date:
12 September 2025
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 27 September 2024:
Title:
Dossier Algeria: Socio-Economic Survey 2023
Source:
Austria. Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum.
Author:
Monika Potkanski-Palka
URL:
https://www.bmi.gv.at/114/files/Umfrage_Algerien/Dossier_Algeria_Socio_Economic_Survey_2023_nBF_20240408.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
13 September 2024
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/algeria/
Accessed Date:
19 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-For-Profit Law
Date of Document:
5 September 2024
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/algeria
Accessed Date:
18 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2024.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/POL1072002024ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. Freedom in the World 2024.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/algeria/freedom-world/2024
Accessed Date:
19 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. World Report 2024: Events of 2023.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/algeria
Accessed Date:
19 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Algeria.html
Accessed Date:
19 September 2024
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Algeria: Council of the Nation.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/parliament/DZ/DZ-UC01/
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Femmes Algériennes en chiffres 2023
Source:
Fondation pour l'égalité (CIDDEF)
Date of Document:
June 2023
URL:
https://ciddef-dz.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/VERSION-francais72.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Algeria: Sexual orientation and gender identity. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/885874/Algeria_SOGIE_CPIN_v3.0_May_2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Algeria.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
25 June 2024
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/b7e9876d-31fa-4ec1-bebc-1c2257891373
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. Country Reports on Terrorism 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 November 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2022/algeria/
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
Title:
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Source:
Stanford University. Mapping Militant Organizations.
Date of Document:
July 2018
URL:
https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/aqim
Accessed Date:
9 February 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Algeria: Actors of protection. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/913735/Algeria-Actors_of_Protection-CPIN-v-0.1.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 February 2021
Title:
Algeria. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
URL:
https://www.policinglaw.info/country/algeria
Accessed Date:
16 June 2023
Title:
Algeria. World Press Freedom Index 2024.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
URL:
https://rsf.org/en/country/algeria
Accessed Date:
24 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2024 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
1 May 2024
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/Algeria.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. The Indigenous World 2024.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2024
URL:
https://www.iwgia.org/en/algeria/5347-iw-2024-algeria.html
Accessed Date:
24 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2019
URL:
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2018-2019/africa/algeria.html
Accessed Date:
8 February 2021
Title:
Perspectives pour la démocratie et les droits humains en Algérie. Compte-rendu des webinaires du consortium DRHC
Date of Document:
June 2021
Editor:
Luis Martinez; Rasmus Alienus Boserup
URL:
https://hal-sciencespo.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03391714v1/document
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Algeria: Five years after Hirak protest movement repressive clampdown continues unabated
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/02/algeria-five-years-after-hirak-protest-movement-repressive-clampdown-continues-unabated/
Accessed Date:
19 September 2024
Title:
Algeria's political prisoners go on hunger strike amid escalating repression
Date of Document:
11 February 2022
URL:
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/algerias-political-prisoners-go-on-hunger-strike-amid-escalating-repression/
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Reconsidering the purpose of Algerian elections
Source:
Middle East Institute
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
URL:
https://www.mei.edu/publications/reconsidering-purpose-algerian-elections
Accessed Date:
4 August 2022
Title:
Algeria Targets Diaspora Critics
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 May 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/26/algeria-targets-diaspora-critics
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Algeria: Stop using bogus terrorism charges to prosecute peaceful activists and journalists
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
28 September 2021
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2021/09/algeria-stop-using-bogus-terrorism-charges-to-prosecute-peaceful-activists-and-journalists/
Accessed Date:
22 February 2022
Title:
Algeria: Conviction of journalist is latest escalation in crackdown on media
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
3 April 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/04/algeria-conviction-of-journalist-is-latest-escalation-in-crackdown-on-media/
Accessed Date:
16 June 2023
Title:
The Right That Vanished from Algeria's Constitution
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
15 February 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/15/right-vanished-algerias-constitution
Accessed Date:
16 June 2023
Title:
Treatment of Berbers including social, economic and political issues
Source:
Ireland. Refugee Documentation Centre.
Date of Document:
18 December 2015
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/568fb3b54.html
Accessed Date:
12 July 2016
Title:
Algeria: Migrants, Asylum Seekers Forced Out
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 October 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/09/algeria-migrants-asylum-seekers-forced-out
Accessed Date:
9 February 2021
Title:
Rapport sur la Situation des Droits Humains 2023 en Algérie
Source:
Riposte Internationale
Date of Document:
January 2024
URL:
https://riposteinternationale.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Riposte-Internationale-Rapport-sur-la-situation-des-droits-humains-en-Algerie-2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 September 2024
Title:
Algeria. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/algeria
Accessed Date:
14 May 2024
Title:
Understanding Algeria's Presidential Election
Source:
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. Unit for Political Studies.
Date of Document:
15 September 2024
URL:
https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/Lists/ACRPS-PDFDocumentLibrary/algerian-2024-presidential-elections-reading-the-results.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 September 2024
Title:
Challenges to Legal Advocacy: The Escalating Targeting of Lawyers and Threats to Judicial Independence in Algeria
Source:
SHOAA for Human Rights
Date of Document:
January 2024
URL:
https://shoaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Submission-to-report-for-HRC-56.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 September 2024
Title:
Algérie: Le cyberactivisme
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
5 January 2024
URL:
https://ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2401_dza_cyberactivisme_161293_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 September 2024
Title:
Kabylia in Decay: Algeria's criminalization of self determination movements
Source:
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Date of Document:
April 2022
URL:
https://unpo.org/downloads/2766.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 June 2023
Title:
Algeria. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 July 2022
URL:
https://www.issa.int/node/195543?country=787
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algeria. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/algeria
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algeria: Authorities step up crackdown on peaceful dissent in the face of new expressions of discontent
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 April 2025
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/04/algeria-authorities-step-up-crackdown-on-peaceful-dissent-in-the-face-of-new-expressions-of-discontent/
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algérie: Le Rassemblement Actions Jeunesse (RAJ)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 July 2024
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2407_dza_rassemblement_actions_jeunesse_%28raj%29_162167_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algérie : La situation des femmes
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 May 2024
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2404_dza_situation_des_femmes_162494_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Situation report on discriminations against women in Algeria
Date of Document:
March 2023
URL:
https://euromedrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/factsheet-Algeria_EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algeria. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2023.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
17 June 2024
URL:
https://webfs.oecd.org/devsigi/SIGI%202023%20Country%20Profiles/country_profile_DZA_Algeria.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 September 2025
Title:
Algeria: New penal code amendments escalate attack on freedom of expression
Date of Document:
12 August 2024
URL:
https://www.article19.org/resources/algeria-new-penal-code-amendments-escalate-attack-on-freedom-of-expression/
Accessed Date:
12 September 2025
Title:
Algeria. Migration Profile.
Source:
Integral Human Development
Date of Document:
February 2021
URL:
https://migrants-refugees.va/it/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/10/2021-CP-Algeria.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 September 2025
Title:
Algeria: Arbitrary Travel Bans Against Critics
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 February 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/02/03/algeria-arbitrary-travel-bans-against-critics
Accessed Date:
12 September 2025
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