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
- MARCH 16, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
A. Hlima and H. Ali were sentenced to death by the tribunal in...
A. Hlima and H. Ali were sentenced to death by the tribunal in...
- MARCH 10, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
nine Islamists were sentenced to death in absentia by the tribunal in Bourmedés...
nine Islamists were sentenced to death in absentia by the tribunal in Bourmedés...
- MARCH 6, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
three Islamists were sentenced to death in absentia in Bourmedés...
three Islamists were sentenced to death in absentia in Bourmedés...
- MARCH 3, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
the tribunal in Boumerdès, Algeria, sentenced fifteen Islamists to death in absentia...
the tribunal in Boumerdès, Algeria, sentenced fifteen Islamists to death in absentia...
- MARCH 2, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
three Islamists, two identified as Mohamed Tadjer and Abdelakrim Merouane Abdelakrim...
three Islamists, two identified as Mohamed Tadjer and Abdelakrim Merouane Abdelakrim...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
emir Abou Talha, real name Khelifi Youcef...
emir Abou Talha, real name Khelifi Youcef...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
eight Islamists, found guilty in two separate trials...
eight Islamists, found guilty in two separate trials...
- FEBRUARY 24, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
three Islamists were sentenced to death in Algeria by the tribunal in Boumerdès...
three Islamists were sentenced to death in Algeria by the tribunal in Boumerdès...
FEBRUARY 22, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA. CALL TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Farouk Ksentini, chairman of the National Advisory Committee on Human
- JANUARY 26, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
the Military tribunal in Guelma, Algeria...
the Military tribunal in Guelma, Algeria...
- JANUARY 1, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algeria’s laws prescribe the death penalty for a range of crimes including ordinary crimes.
Algeria’s laws prescribe the death penalty for a range of crimes including ordinary crimes.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algeria voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Algeria voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...