Algeria
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- September 8, 1963 effective November 22, 1976, amended several times, last on November 12, 2008
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- socialist, based on the French and Islamic models
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani) and Council of Nations
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, Constitutional Council. The Algerian legal system does not include a sharia court
RELIGIONS
99% Sunni Muslims; 1% Christians and Jews
From the country
- OCTOBER 10, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament gave its endorsement of the...
The European Parliament gave its endorsement of the EU-Algeria Association Agreement
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights...
The EU reaffirmed its concerns regarding human rights in Algeria, calling on the Algerian authorities to abolish the death penalty, improve the country's prison legislation and the its status of women
- MAY 10, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
A criminal tribunal in Algiers sentenced 15 Islamic...
A criminal tribunal in Algiers sentenced 15 Islamic extremists to death, 14 of them in absentia, Le Soir d'Algerie reported
- MAY 1, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
A fire ripped through an Algerian high security jail,...
A fire ripped through an Algerian high security jail, killing 18 prisoners and injuring seven others, Justice Minister Ahmed Ouyahia said
- APRIL 25, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algeria voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Algeria voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 3, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty detainees were killed in a fire in an Algerian...
Twenty detainees were killed in a fire in an Algerian prison started by a convict who had been sentenced to death, state television reported
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
UK home secretary David Blunkett stopped the extradition...
UK home secretary David Blunkett stopped the extradition of an Algerian accused of terrorism
- JANUARY 1, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for the application of the...
The Penal Code provides for the application of the death penalty for serious offenses including: treason and espionage, attempts to change the regime or actions aimed at incitement, destruction of territory, sabotage to public and economic utilities, mass
- DECEMBER 13, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika commuted the...
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika commuted the death sentence of 116 prisoners, Algerian radio reported
- OCTOBER 31, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika pardoned 7,000...
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika pardoned 7,000 prisoners, excluding inmates serving sentences linked to "terrorism", to mark the anniversary of the revolution, a state newspaper said
- MAY 10, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
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It would be at least 4
- MAY 1, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algeria's president Abdelaziz Bouteflika promised an...
Algeria's president Abdelaziz Bouteflika promised an independent inquiry after days of rioting by the Berber minority left about 80 people dead