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Algeria

Barometer

With a moratorium on executions
Country status
273+
Sentenced
0
Execution(s)
11+
Conviction(s)
Figures for 2025. The last execution in Algeria took place in 1993.

All reports

Abolition process
Overview 2025 – The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the OIC
Jan 2026
Overview of the death penalty
10 questions to better understand the situation of French nationals sentenced to death abroad (2025)
Feb 2025
Conditions of detention
10 questions to better understand the situation of French nationals sentenced to death abroad (2024)
Jan 2025
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Summary report on the death penalty for the UPR of Algeria (2022)
Mar 2023
41e SESSION RAPPORT ALTERNATIF EN VUE DE L’EXAMEN DU RAPPORT PÉRIODIQUE peine de mort 2022
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Alternative report on the death penalty in view of the consideration of the periodic report of Algeria (41st Session 2022) (French)
Oct 2022
Rapport présenté au Comité des droits de l'Homme en vue de l'examen du rapport périodique de l'Algérie
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Report presented to the Human Rights Committee for the examination of the periodic report of Algeria 123rd session July 2018 (French)
Oct 2022
Abolition process
The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Oct 2020

All tools

Africa and the death penalty
Infographics – The death penalty in Algeria (2025)
The death penalty in law and in practice in Algeria
Table – Voting trends on the UN resolution calling for a universal moratorium
Leaflet – UN resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty
Infographics – the death penalty in Algeria (2024)
Map : French nationals sentenced to death abroad (2025)
10 key points to understand the situation of French nationals sentenced to death abroad (2025)
Monitoring conditions of detention of prisoners sentenced to death: pratical guide for NHRIs and NPMs
Infographics – the death penalty in Algeria (2022)
Abolition of the death penalty: A practical guide for NHRIs
Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia : from moratorium to abolition of the death penalty