Algeria
2026
STATUSMoratorium on executions
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- 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
- APRIL 15, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
On April 15, Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected President...
On April 15, Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected President of Algeria
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlgeriaDEATH 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
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or...
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions affirmed (E/CN