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People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Citizenship and Country Documents

US Government Reports

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board (RIRs)
    • DZA106330.E - Algeria: Requirements and procedures to obtain passports and national identity cards, both from within and outside the country (2017-July 2019) – July 2019
    • DZA104882.FE: 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 the documents in a city other than the city of birth, and whether it is possible to issue the documents to a representative for the applicant (January-May 2014) -June 2014
    • DZA104843.E - 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 the authorities, which authority is responsible for the changes and how long does the process take (2010-2013) - April 2014
    • DZA104509.E - Algeria: 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) - March 2014

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Children

US Government Reports

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Corruption

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board - RIR's
    • DZA104793.FE - Algeria: Recourse against corruption, including its effectiveness; the National Anti-corruption Association (association nationale de lutte contre la corruption, ANLC) (2013-March 2014) - March 2014

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Disabilities

Not Available

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Elections

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board - RIR's
    • HRV104812.E Croatia: Whether the Electoral Registry records, or used to record, a person's ethnicity. March 2014

Non-Government Organization Reports

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Ethnic Groups / Race

 

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board - RIR's
    • DZA104327.FE - Algeria: 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) - August 2013

Non-Government Organization Reports

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Bosniaks

Not Available

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Roma

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board (RIRs)
    • HRV104125.E Croatia: Situation and treatment of Roma; including state protection efforts. Nov. 2012

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Serbs

Foreign government Reports

  • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board - RIR's
    • HRV104697.E Croatia: Treatment of Croatians of Serbian ethnicity by society and authorities (2013). Nov. 2013

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Gender

US Government Reports
  • United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
    • Women and Religious Freedom: Synergies and Opportunities – July 2017
  • Congressional Research Service (CRS)
    • Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Issues for Congress – Dec. 2021

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board (RIRs)
    • DZA105233.FE 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) - August 2015
    • DZA104676.FE - Algeria: 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) - November 2013
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Human Rights Watch
    • Trapped - How Male Guardianship Policies Restrict Women’s Travel and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa - July 2023
    • “Your Destiny is to Stay with Him” State Response to Domestic Violence in Algeria – April 2017

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Human Rights

US Government Reports

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997

  • Congressional Research Services (CRS) - Algeria: In Focus - Feb. 2019

Foreign Government Reports

  • Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre (Landinfo)
  • UK Home Office
    • Algeria: Internal relocation and background information – Sept. 2021

Non-Government Organization Reports

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Justice System

Foreign government Reports

  • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board (RIRs)
    • DZA200470.E - Algeria: 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) – Feb. 2021
    • DZA105847.FE - Algeria: Crime situation, including organized crime; police and state response, including effectiveness; state protection for witnesses and victims of crime – Aug. 2017 (PDF)
    • DZA104922.E - Algeria: 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 - Aug. 2014 (PDF)
    • DZA104205.E - Algeria: Crime situation, including organized crime; police and state response, including effectiveness; state protection for witnesses and victims of crime (2009-September 2012) - Oct. 2012
  • UK Home Office - Country Policy and Information Note
    • Algeria: Actors of protection – Aug. 2020

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • Joint Leter to the Human Rights Council Calling for States' Action to Address the Algerian Authorities' Alarming Crackdown on Pro-Democracy Forces - June 2021
    • Halt Criminalization of Peaceful Dissent in Algeria - June 2021

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Law

US Government Reports

  • United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
    • New Report on Law and Religion in Algeria - Nov. 2022
    • Violating Rights – Enforcing the World’s Blasphemy Laws – Dec. 2020
    • Respecting Rights? Measuring the World’s Blasphemy Laws – July 2017

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    Maps

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    Medical Availability

    Foreign Government Reports

    • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board (RIRs)
      • HRV104095.E Croatia: Procedures for obtaining medical reports from within Croatia; access to medical records; whether they can be obtained from abroad through a proxy, and if so, requirements and procedures; whether doctors are obliged to report cases of violence, including domestic violence, to the police. July 2012

    International Government Organization Reports

    • World Health Organization page

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    Political Figures and Parties

    US Government Reports

    Non-Government Organization Reports

    • International Crisis Group
      • Post-Bouteflika Algeria: Growing Protests, Signs of Repression –April 2019

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    Refugees / IDPs / Returnees

    Foreign Government Reports

    • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board - RIR's
      • DZA104922.E - Algeria: 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 - August 2014

    Non-Government Organization Reports

    • Human Rights Watch
      • Off the Radar:  Human Rights in the Tindouf Refugee Camps – Oct. 2014
      • Time for Reckoning: Enforced Disappearances and Abductions in Algeria - Feb. 2003
      • Truth and Justice on Hold: The New State Commission on "Disappearances" - Dec. 2003

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    Religion

    US Government Reports

    Foreign Government Reports

    • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board
      • DZA200469.E - Algeria: Situation of atheists and non-practicing Muslims (2019–January 2021) – Feb. 2021
      • DZA105210.E - Algeria: Situation of individuals who have converted from Islam to Christianity, including treatment by society and authorities; availability of state protection (2014-May 2015) - June 2015
      • DZA104491.FE - Algeria: 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) - July 2013

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    Sexual Orientation

    Foreign Government Reports

    • UK Home Office - Country Policy and Information Note
      • Algeria: Sexual orientation and gender identity – May 2020
    • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board - RIR's
      • DZA200464.E - Algeria: 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) - May 2023
      • DZA104507.E - Algeria: Situation of sexual minorities, including treatment by authorities and societal attitudes; availability of legal recourse, state protection and support services (2010-July 2013) - October 2012

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    Specific Country Issues - Military Service

    Foreign Government Reports

    • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board - RIR's
      • DZA104204.FE - Algeria: Obligations regarding military service and the reserve; the possibility of obtaining an exemption or stay, including the procedures that must be followed - Oct. 2012
      • DZA104203.FE - Algeria: 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 current situation of deserters - Oct. 2012
     

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    Speech / Press / Internet

    Non-Government Organization Reports
    • Freedom House
      • Freedom in the World - 2022

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    Timeline

    Media

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    Trafficking

    US Government Reports

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    Terrorism

    US Government Reports

    Foreign Government Reports

    • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board - RIR's
      • DZA104508.E - Algeria: Information on terrorism and banditry; measures taken by the state to fight terrorism and banditry (November 2011-July 2013) - August 2013
      • DZA103887.FE - Algeria: Information on terrorism and banditry; measures taken by the state to fight terrorism and banditry - October 2011
      • DZA103732.FE - Algeria: Terrorism and banditry; the people and organizations targeted by terrorist groups, and particularly the treatment of artists; measures taken by the state to fight terrorism and banditry - May 2011

     

     

    Updated May 30, 2024