THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA 1989 (AMENDED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION OF 1996, REVISED 2008)
Article 8
The people shall establish institutions which have as their objective:
- the safeguarding and the consolidation of national independence;
- the safeguarding and consolidation of national identity and national unity;
- the protection of fundamental rights and the social and cultural development of the Nation;
- the suppression of the exploitation of man by man;
- the protection of the national economy against all forms of embezzlement or misappropriation, hoarding or illegal confiscation.
Article 9
The institutions shall not indulge in:
- feudal, regionalist and nepotist practices;
- the establishments of relations of exploitation and bonds of dependency;
- practices contrary to Islamic morals and the values of the November Revolution.
Article 32
The fundamental liberties and the rights of man and of the citizen shall be guaranteed. They shall constitute the common heritage of all Algerians, who have the task of transmitting it from generation to generation in its integrity and inviolability.
Article 33
The individual and collective defense of the fundamental Rights of Man and of individual and collective liberties shall be guaranteed.
Article 34
The State shall guarantee the inviolability of the human person. Any form of physical or moral violence or infringement of dignity shall be prohibited.
Article 35
The infringements of rights and liberties as well as any physical or moral attacks on the integrity of the human person shall be punished by statute.
Article 55
All citizens shall have the right to work.
The right to protection, security and hygiene at work shall be guaranteed by statute.
The right to rest shall be guaranteed. Statute shall determine the modalities of its exercise.
The Constitution of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria 1989 (PDF)
Article 303 bis 4. Trafficking in Persons
(4)Is considered trafficking, the recruitment, transportation, transfer, accommodation or receipt of one or more persons, by the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, kidnapping, fraud, deception, abuse of authority or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having authority over another purpose of exploitation. Exploitation includes the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, exploitation of others into begging, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.
Human trafficking is punishable by imprisonment of three (3) years to ten (10) and a fine of 300,000 DA 1,000,000.
When law is applied to a person whose situation of vulnerability is due to his age, illness or physical or mental disability, perceived or known to the perpetrator, the penalty is imprisonment of five (5) years fifteen (15) years and a fine of 500,000 DA DA 1,500,000
Article 303 bis 5 Aggravating circumstances
Trafficking in persons is punishable by imprisonment for a term of ten (10) to twenty (20) years and a fine of DA 1,000,000 to DA 2,000,000 if the offence is committed under at least one of the following circumstances:
- When the perpetrator is the spouse of the victim or his or her ascendant or descendant or his or her guardian or if he or she has authority over the victim or if he or she is an official whose function facilitated the commission of the offence,
- where the offence is committed by more than one person,
- when the offence is committed with the carrying of weapons or the threat to use them,
- when the offence is committed by an organised criminal group or when it is transnational in nature.
Article 303 bis 16. Organs trafficking
Anyone who, in return for a financial or any other benefit of any kind whatsoever, obtains from a person one of his organs shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three (3) to ten (10) years and a fine of DA 300,000 to DA 1,000,000.
Any intermediary who encourages or promotes the procurement of an organ from a person shall be punished by the same penalties.
Article 303 bis 17. Organs removal.
Anyone who removes an organ from a living person without obtaining consent, as provided for by the legislation in force, shall be punished by imprisonment for five to ten years and a fine of DA 500,000 to DA 1,000,000.
The same penalty shall be imposed when, in violation of the provisions of the legislation in force, the removal of the organ is carried out on a deceased person
Article 303 bis 18. Removal of tissues
Anyone who, in exchange for the payment of a sum of money or the offer of any other benefit of any kind, proceeds to the removal of tissues, cells or the collection of products of the human body shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of between one and five years and a fine of between DA 100,000 and DA 500,000.
Any intermediary who encourages or promotes the procurement of tissues, cells or products taken from a person shall be punished by the same penalties.
Article 303 bis 19.
Anyone who takes tissues or cells or collects a product from a living person without that person's consent, as provided for by the legislation in force, shall be punished by imprisonment for one (1) to five (5) years and a fine of DA 100,000 to DA 500,000.
The same penalty shall be imposed when, in violation of the provisions of the legislation in force, the removal of a tissue or cell or the collection of a product is carried out on a deceased person.
Article 303 bis 20. Aggravating cirsumstances.
The offences provided for in Articles 303 bis 18 and 303 bis 19 shall be punished by imprisonment for five (5) to fifteen (15) years and a fine of between DA 500,000 and DA 1,500,000,
when they are committed under one of the following circumstances:
- when the victim is a minor or a mentally handicapped person,
- where the profession or function of the perpetrator facilitated the commission of the offence,
- where the offence is committed by more than one person,
- when the offence is committed with the carrying of weapons or the threat to use them,
- when the offence is committed by an organised criminal group or when it is transnational in nature.
The offences provided for in Articles 303 bis 16 and 303 bis 17 shall be punishable by imprisonment for ten (10) to twenty (20) years and a fine of DA 1,000,000 to DA 2,000,000 when committed in one of the circumstances provided for in the first paragraph of this article
ORDINANCE NO. 66-156 OF 8 JUNE 1966 ON THE PENAL CODE, P. 530. (JORA NO. 49 OF 11-06-1966)
Article 320
A penalty of two to six months imprisonment and 500 to DA 20,000 fine: 1 Anyone who has, in a spirit of greed, caused the parents or a them to abandon their child or unborn; 2 ° Any person who made purchase, or attempted to subscribe by prospective parents or one of them, an act under which they undertake to abandon the unborn child, who has held such a act in a used or attempted to use it; 3 ° Any person who, in a spirit of lucre, brought or attempted to provide through to raise a child. Crimes and offenses tending to prevent the identification of the child
Article 342
Anyone who excites, encourages or facilitates usually debauchery or corruption of minors twenty-year-year of age or the other sex, or even occasional minor fifteen, is punished imprisonment for a term of two to five years and a fine of 500-25000 DA. Attempted offenses under this section is subject to the pains provided for these offenses.
Article 343
The punishment is imprisonment for six months to three years and a fine of 500 to 20,000 AD, unless the fact constitutes a offense more importantly, who knowingly
1 in any way aids, assists, or protects the prostitution of others or soliciting for prostitution;
2 in any form, sharing the proceeds of prostitution of others or receives money from a person engaged usually at the prostitution or derives from the same resource Prostitution of Others;
3 lives with a person who habitually engages in the prostitution;
4 being normal relations with one or more people prostitutes cannot justify resource corresponding to its lifestyle;
5 procures, entices or keeps, even with consent, Most people even to prostitution, or to book prostitution or debauchery;
6 acts as an intermediary in any capacity between the persons engaged in prostitution or debauchery and individuals exploit or remunerate the prostitution or debauchery of others;
7 by threat, pressure, deception or other means, obstacle action to prevent, control, assistance or re-education undertaken by qualified organizations for persons engaged in prostitution or at risk of prostitution. Attempted offenses under this section is subject to the pains provided for these offenses.
Article 344
The penalties laid down in Article 343 are brought to a imprisonment of two to five years and a fine of 1,000 to 40,000 DA when:
1 The crime was committed against a minor under eighteen years;
2 The offense was accompanied by threats, coercion, violence,
assault, abuse of authority or fraud;
3 The offender was carrying a weapon or apparent hidden;
4 The perpetrator is a husband, father, mother or guardian of victim or belongs to one of the categories enumerated in Article 337
5 The offender is required to participate, through its functions, to against prostitution, protection of health or Youth or to maintain public order;
6 The crime was committed against several persons;
7 Victims of crime have been delivered or incited to engage in the prostitution outside Algerian territory;
8 Victims of crime have been delivered or incited to engage in the prostitution on arrival or within a short period of arrival on the Algerian territory;
9 The crime was committed by several perpetrators or accomplices. Attempted offenses under this section is subject to the pains provided for these offenses.
Article 6
Within the framework of the working relationship, the workers also have the right: • with an effective occupation; • with the respect of their physical and moral integrity and their dignity; • with a protection against any discrimination to occupy a station other than that founded on their aptitude and their merit; • with the vocational training and promotion in work, • with the regular payment of the remuneration which is due for them; • with social works; • with all advantages rising specifically from the contract of employment.
Article 15
The minimum age required for a recruitment cannot, to in no case, to be lower than sixteen years, except within the framework of apprenticeship contracts drawn up in accordance with the legislation and with the regulation in force. The minor worker can be recruited only on presentation of an authorization established by his legal guardian. The minor worker cannot be employed with work dangerous, unhealthy and vermin with his health or prejudicial with his morality.
Article 80
The other hand of provided work, the worker has right to remuneration with the title of which it perceives wages or an income proportional to the results of work.
Article 81
By wages, for the present law, it is necessary to hear: • the basic wage, such as it results from the professional classification of the organization employer.
Article 85
Remuneration is expressed in exclusively monetary terms and its payment is carried out in exclusively monetary means.
Article 88
The employer is held to pour regularly with each worker and in the long term fallen, the remuneration which is due for him.
LABOUR RELATIONS ACT 1990
Article 8
The People set up institutions having as objectives: - the safeguard and consolidation of the national independence; - the safeguard and consolidation of the national identity and unity; - the protection of fundamental liberties of the citizen and the social and cultural progress of the Nation; - the suppression of the exploitation of man by man; - the protection of the national economy from any form of embezzlement or misappropriation, illegitimate monopolizing or seizure.
Article 9
The institutions are not allowed :
- feudal, regionalist and nepotic practices;
- setting up exploitation relationships and dependence links; - practices that are contrary to the Islamic ethics and to the values of the November Revolution.
Article 22
Power abuse is repressed by the law.
Article 33
Individual or associative defence of the fundamental human rights and individual and collective liberties is guaranteed.
Article 34
The State guarantees the inviolability of the human entity. Any form of physical or moral violence or breach of dignity is forbidden.
Article 35
Infringements committed against rights and liberties and violations of physical or moral integrity of a human being are repressed by the law.
Article 55
All citizens have right for work. The right for protection, security and hygiene at work is guaranteed by the law. The right to rest is guaranteed; the law defines the relevant clauses.
Article 9
Marriage is contracted by consent of the future partners, in the presence of the legal guardian and two witnesses for purposes of authorizing marriage, and by payment of dowry.
Article 10
Consent flows from the request of one of the two parties and the acceptance of the other party.
Article 38
The wife has the right to full freedom in the disposition of her property