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Algeria: Alkarama Seizes the United Nations Human Rights Committee on Behalf of Ms. Nawal Kara Bouslama

On 26 August 2025, Alkarama submitted an individual complaint to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (CCPR) in Geneva on behalf of Ms. Nawal Kara Bouslama, a Franco-Algerian businesswoman. This approach aims to denounce serious and repeated violations of her fundamental rights in Algeria, directly linked to state-level corruption practices. 

Victim of reprisals for refusing corruption 

29 Oct 2025
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Algeria/Morocco: CAT warns of impunity and reprisals in the Guellil and Hajib cases

Alkarama brought the cases of Lakhdar Guellil (Algeria) and Mohamed Hajib (Morocco) before the United Nations Committee Against Torture. The Committee officially recognised the two men as victims of torture. 

23 Aug 2025
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Algeria: UN condemns continued repression of human rights defenders

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms. Mary Lawlor, expressed her deep disappointment over the continued arbitrary detention, judicial harassment, intimidation, and criminalization of human rights defenders in Algeria due to their peaceful activities under vaguely worded provisions such as "harming state security." 

31 Jan 2025
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Our concerns
  • Serious and persistent violations of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and use of force against demonstrators;
  • Serious and persistent violations of the right to freedom of expression through systematic arrests of individuals critical of the government, including political opponents, human rights defenders and other peaceful activists;
  • Use of torture and ill-treatment against prisoners of opinion in detention, and denial of medical care;
  • Absence of independence of the judiciary.

 

 

Human Rights Instruments
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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (UNCAT)
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OVERDUE - State party did not submit report on time
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED)
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Human Rights Council
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Membership of Human Rights Council:
  • 2006, 2014-2016, 2016, 2023-2025
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Latest Reports
ALGERIA: UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW 2022 - 4 TH CYCLE - ALKARAMA'S SUBMISSION TO THE STAKEHOLDERS’ SUMMARY

ALGERIA: UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW 2022 - 4 TH CYCLE - ALKARAMA'S SUBMISSION TO THE STAKEHOLDERS’ SUMMARY

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Universal Periodic Review
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Algeria: Human Rights Committee - 4th Review - Alkarama's report - June 2018

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Human Rights Committee
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Algeria: Universal Periodic Review - 3rd Cycle- Alkarama's Report- Sep 2016

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Universal Periodic Review
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Algeria: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention - Opinion 17/2007 - Djameleddine LASKRI

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Special Procedures
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Algeria: Universal Periodic Review- 2nd cycle- Alkarama's report- nov 2011

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Universal Periodic Review
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