Penal Code and Ordinance 21-09 on data and administrative documents protection
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2024-023-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2024
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 28.033886
Longitude: 1.659626
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Algeria
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Type of record
- General situation addressed
- Was the victim a minor?
- Yes
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Engagement with UN body
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Other
- Reprisal information
- Mandate holders addressed article 95 bis and other articles of the Penal Code and Ordinance 21-09 on data and administrative documents protection (DZA 12/2021) noting that the particularly vague wording of article 95 bis granted the authorities considerable discretionary power to prosecute human rights defenders and other activists receiving foreign funding. They also noted that this measure constituted an obstacle to international cooperation between associations or with other foreign organizations.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Other
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- Yes
- Government response dates
- 2 March 2022
- Government response content
On 2 March 2022, the Algerian Government replied to mandate-holders noting that Ordinance 21-09 was adopted in accordance with the Constitution, that it is not contrary to Algeria’s international obligations, and that it does not infringe upon any human right
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