Algeria

Region
Africa
Regional Court
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
Regional Organisations
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
African Union
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Arab League
Legal System
Mixed
International Obligations
Slavery
Servitude
Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
Forced Labour
Human Trafficking

International Instruments

1926 Slavery Convention
Not Party
1953 Protocol to the Slavery Convention
Not Party
1956 Supplementary Slavery Convention
31 October 1963
1966 ICCPR
12 September 1989
1930 Forced Labour Convention
19 October 1962
2014 Protocol to the 1930 Forced Labour Convention
Not Party
1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
12 June 1969
1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
09 February 2001
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
09 March 2004
1998 Rome Statute of the ICC
Not Party

Summary of Domestic Prohibition

Slavery and Slave Trade
Practices Similar to Slavery
Servitude
Forced or Compulsory Labour
Human Trafficking
There appears to be no legislation in place in Algeria which prohibits slavery although Article 8 of the 1996 Constitution states that institutions have the objective of “the suppression of exploitation of man by man”. The 2009 Criminal Code also criminalises slavery when committed as a part of human trafficking under Section 5, Article 303(4).
There appears to be no legislation in place in Algeria which prohibits institutions and practices similar to slavery.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Algeria which prohibits servitude, although the 2009 Criminal Code criminalises servitude when committed as a part of human trafficking under Section 5, Article 303 (4).
There appears to be no legislation in place in Algeria which prohibits forced labour although the 1996 Constitution establishes the “suppression of the exploitation of man by man” as one of its objectives in article 8 and prohibits institutions from establishing “relations of exploitation and bonds of dependency” in article 9. The Algerian Labor Law provides protection for workers, but does not specifically prohibit forced labour.
Provisions related to trafficking in persons are found in the 2009 Criminal Code which criminalises trafficking in persons under section 5, articles 303 bis (4) and 303 bis (17).

Legislative Provisions

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA 1989 (AMENDED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION OF 1996, REVISED 2008)

CRIMINAL CODE 2009

ORDINANCE NO. 66-156 OF 8 JUNE 1966 ON THE PENAL CODE, P. 530. (JORA NO. 49 OF 11-06-1966)

ALGERIAN LABOUR LAW

LABOUR RELATIONS ACT 1990

FAMILY CODE

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