Regional Agreements

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, Adopted by the 2nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, Maputo (2005). 
Signed 2003
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African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (1986).
Signed 1986, Ratified 1987
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OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa (1969). 
Signed 1969, Ratified 1974
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Protocol for the Treatment of Palestinians in Arab States, League of Arab State (1965).
Link to protocol_Eg

Irregular Migration & Readmission Agreements

Algeria and Switzerland Readmission Agreement  (2006). 
The agreement establishes procedures to readmit Algerian Nationals residing irregularly in Switzerland.
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Algeria and United Kingdom Readmission Agreement (2006).
The agreement establishes that each party allows its nationals who are irregularly residing in the territory of the other to return to the country of nationality without formalities, except those laid out in the agreement. 
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EU-Algeria Association Agreement (2002). 
Algeria agreed to readmit their nationals who are irregularly present in any EU member state and to neogtiate the conclusion of agreements concerning readmission of third country nationals. 
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Algeria and Germany Readmission Agreement (1997)
German Official Journal; List of Readmission Agreements_German

Labor agreements

Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the field of higher education and scientific research (2015).  
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Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and the Government of the Arab Republic of the Arab Republic of Egypt in the field of vocational training (2014).
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Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the People's Republic of Algeria and the Government of the Republic of Chile concerning the reimbursement of the retirement contributions of employed persons who practiced in Algeria and Child during the period of 1973-1990 (2010).
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Agreement on cooperation between the Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia in the field of employment (2007).
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Protocol of Cooperation between the Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the field on manpower (2004). 
PDF_Fr pg. 13-14

Convention between the Government of the people's Democratic Republic of Algeria and the government of the Syrian Arab Republic in the field of merchant marine (2002). 
PDF_Fr pg 5-9

Protocol of Cooperation between the Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in apprenticeship and vocational training (2001). 
PDF_Fr 7-8

Agreement between the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania regarding co-operation in the field of vocational training (1995).
PDF_Ar. pg. 3

Agreement between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on traffic, employment and occupation The residence in France of Algerian nationals and their families and its annexed protocol (1994). PDF_Fr

Social Security Agreements 

Protocol of Cooperation between the Government of the People's democratic Republic of Algeria and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia in the field of social security (2008). 
PDF-Fr pg. 15-17

Convention on social security between the Government of the People 's Democratic Republic of Algeria and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia (2004).
PDF_Fr Pg. 4

Supplementary Administrative Arrangement No. 5 amending the Administrative Arrangement of 28 October 1981 relating to the Franco-Algerian Convention on Social Security. 

Social Security Agreement between the States of the Arab Maghreb Union (1991) 
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Other relevant agreement

Convention of partnership between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the People 's Democratic Republic of Algeria (together an administrative and financial protocol on means of cooperation) (2007).
This agreementCovers the following areas in particular: higher education, academic cooperation, research, management training, public health, social protection, and fighting irregular migration.
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Agreement between the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on the establishment and the movement of persons (1999).
PDF_Ar. pg.6

Agreement between the Government of France and the Government of the People's Republic of Algeria in the forms of an exchange of letters amending the agreement of 1983 on the movement of persons by the exchange of letters (1994).
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Exchange of letter of 15/21 June 1992 between Switzerland and Algeria supplementing the Agreement of 15 January/28 May of 1991 on the reciprocal dispensation of visas vis a vis certain nationals of the other state (1992).
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Algerian Nationals

Article 44 of the 2016 Constitution guarantees the right to exist form Algeria and entry to Algeria
PDF_Fr; PDF_Ar; PDF_Eg 

Article 27 of the 2016 Constitution obligates that the government provides protection for every citizen abroad
PDF_Fr; PDF_Ar; PDF_Eg 

Law No. 12-01 of 2012, replaced Ordinances No. 97/07 of 1997 (electoral law), grants citizens abroad the right to vote in Algerian elections; grants emigrants the right to vote in president, municipal and parliamentary elections, reserves rights in the National people's Assembly for Algerian citizens abroad, half of which are for women
PDF_Fr; PDF_Ar

Asylum Laws
Article 69 of the 2016 Constitution bans the extradition of political refugees
PDF_Fr; PDF_Ar; PDF_Eg 

Decree No. 1963 of 1963 created the Algerian Office for Refugees and Stateless Persons that is the main legal framework governing refugees in Algeria which makes refugee status determinations and recognizes refugees determined by UNHCR
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Entry and Exit 

Law No. 08-11 of 2008governs the conditions of entry of foreign nationals; waves the fees for Meghbre citizens with the exception of Moroccan and Malian citizens
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Migration and Labor

Law No. 81-10 of 1981 regarding the employment of foreign nationals 
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Executive Decree No. 09-272 of 2009 amending and supplementing Decree No. 86-276 of 1986 establishing the conditions of employment of foreign personnel in state agencies, local governments, institutions, organizations and business public
PDF_AR (ED 09-272 of 2009)
PDF_Ar (ED 86-276 of 1986)

Nationality Laws

Rights and Entitlements of Foreign Nationals

Article 67 of the 2016 Constitution guarantees the protection of foreigners and properties of foreigners that are legal in the territory
PDF_Fr; PDF_Ar; PDF_Eg 

Law No. 08-11 of 2008 grants a 10 year residence permit to students and migrant labors, and their children; regulates the terms to family reunification; and addresses issues of detention and expulsion of migrants
PDF_Fr pg 4-9
PDF_Ar

Law No. 81-10 of 1981 places conditions of migrants' access to employment 
PDF_Ar

Executive Decree No 09-272 of 2009 stipulates the conditions of migrants' access to employment
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Smuggling and Human Trafficking 

Law No. 09-01 of 2009 modifying the Panel Code of 2008 law No. 08-11 governs foreign nationals’ conditions of entry, stay and circulation adding the offense of irregularly exist from Algeria for both Algerian citizens as well as foreign residents. It further criminalized the crimes of migrant smuggling and trafficking in person and sets out limits
PDF_Fr (Law No. 09-01 of 2009)
PDF_Ar (Law No. 09-01 of 2009)
PDF_Ar (Law No. 08-11 of 2008)

Executive Decree No.13-259 of 2013 sets the mission, organization and function of the public labor prison 
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Inter-ministerial Decree of 1983 on the use of prison labor by the National Office
PDF_Fr pg 1798-1999

Barikmo, Ingrid, Sigrun Henjum, Lisbeth Dahl, Arne Oshaug, and Liv Elin Torheim. "Environmental Implications of Iodine in Water, Milk and Other Foods in Sahrawi Refugee Camps in Tindouf, Algeria" Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 24.4 (2011): 637-41. (Summary adapted from resource) Link to Article

Keyword: environment, Health, Food, Sahrawi refugee camps, Algeria

A cross-sectional survey among Saharawi refugees in four camps carried out in 2007, revealed enlarged thyroid volume and high urinary iodine concentration in women and school children describing the content of iodine in food and water and exploring if any sources in the environment can explain the situation. 

Garfi, Anna, Simona Tondeili, and Alessandra Bonolli. "Multi-criteria decision analysis for waste management in Saharawi Refugee Camps," Waste Management 29.10 (2009): 2729-39. (Summary adapted from resource) Link to Article

Keyword: waste management, Saharawi refugee camps, Algeria, waste collection, health

This paper compares four different waste management solutions in Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria and tests the feasibility of a decision-making method developed to be applied in particular conditions that considers environmental and social aspects: waste collection by using three tipper trucks, disposal and burning in an open area; waste collection by using seven dumpers and disposal in a landfill; waste collection by using seven dumpers and three tipper trucks and disposal in a landfill; waste collection by using three tipper trucks and disposal in a landfill.The paper finds that the second and third methods provide better waste management approach. 

Mundy, JA. "Performing the Nation, Pre-Figuring the State: The Western Saharan Refugees, Thirty Years Later." Journal of Modern African Studies 42.2 (2007): 275-297. Link to Article

Keyword: nation-state, Western Saharan Refugees, identity, geopolitics

This study argues that radical changes in the Sahrawi refugee camps following the 1991 UN initiation ceasefire with Morocco have reshaped its social, economic and political institutions, however, the camps remain complementary to the project of Western Saharan nationalism, rather than antagonistic to it. In light of the peace process in Western Sahara, these changes, and the way they affect the refugees' perceptions of their own socio-economic situation are hostile to any political compromise that sacrifice the nationalists' goal of independence. The paper begins with providing a brief background to the conflict, followed by a discussion on Western Saharan identities and the geopolitical split in Western Saharan nationalism. Then, it analysis Western Saharan nationalism in a historical lens. The next section elucidates the ideological aspects of the camps' formal institutions, followed by the social and economic changes in the camps since the 1990s. 

 Pezzino, Vincenzo. "Delivering Health Care in Saharawi refugee Camps Near Tindouf (Algeria)." National Inquiry of Bioethics 2.2 (2012): 92-95. Link to Article

Keyword: healthcare, Saharawi refugee camps, Tindouf, Algeria 

A report on delivering heath care services to Sahrawis refugee camp residences, challenges, gaps and needs. 

"Algeria." Forced Migration Online (2011). Link to Webpage

 Keyword: Algeria, Migration, Forced migration, refugees 

                   A brief description of forced migrants and refugees in Algeria. 

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Berkeley, Bill. "Stateless People, Violent States." World Policy Journal 26.1 (2009): 3-15. Link to Webpage

Keyword: nationality, laws, mothers, fathers, citizenship

  The journal gives an overview of the history, legal, and current situation of statelessness. As a way of reducing statelessness in Algeria, as well as Morocco

 and Egypt, national laws have been changed so that children can receive citizenship through their mother.

Keyword: Sahrawi, Algeria, overview, numbers, history, Bedouin

  Precise numbers of stateless persons in the Arab region is unknown,  although it is widely recognized that it is one of the highest in the world. This article gives a   broad summary of the stateless communities in the Middle East region: the Palestinians, the Bidoon of Arabia, the Kurds of Syria and the Sahrawi in Algeria. 

UN High Commissioner for Refugees. "Global Action Plan to End Statelessness." UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2014). Link to Article

Keyword: born, gender, protection, documentation 

“To End Statelessness within 10 years, the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness: 2014-2024 establishes a guiding framework of 10 Actions to be undertaken by States with the support of UNHCR and other stakeholders to: resolve existing major situations of statelessness, prevent new cases of statelessness from emerging and better identity and protect stateless populations.”