United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects 2022, Online Edition. Estimates 2021.
(1) Prepare and adopt, as a matter of priority, the legislation on violence against women, including domestic violence, taking into account the Committee's general recommendation No. 19 (1992);
(2) Stipulate in the Criminal Code the definition of rape including marital rape and other sex crimes, to be defined as sexual offences committed in the absence of one's consent;
(3) Compile reliable data on the prevalence of domestic and sexual violence against women, the investigations, prosecutions, convictions and sentences imposed on perpetrators, and on the remedies, including compensation, provided for victims since 2005;
(4) Assist women in reporting incidents of domestic and sexual violence to the police; providing the victims with legal, medical and psychological assistance and rehabilitation, as well as access to quality shelters for all female victims of violence, without restrictions linked to age or marital status;
(5) Provide ongoing training for the police, prosecutors and judges on effective investigation, prosecution and punishment of acts of violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence, and for health-care providers and social workers on the provision of adequate medical and psychosocial assistance, and to inform the general public on the criminal nature of such acts.
(1) Review the impact of the requirement for a wali (matrimonial guardian) to be present at a marriage of a woman who has obtained the age of majority;
(2) Discourage and prohibit polygamous marriage in practice and in law, in accordance with the Committee's general recommendation No. 21;
(3) Repeal the restrictions on women's right to divorce and introduce the right of either party to ask for a divorce without specifying the grounds;
(4) Ensure that both fathers and mothers can exercise custodial and guardianship rights over their minor children on an equal basis in all areas of life, in accordance with the best interests of the child principle as contained in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Algeria is a party, and article 16 of the Convention;
(5) Consider introducing legal provisions to ensure that upon dissolution of marriage women have equal rights to property acquired during marriage, in line with article 16, paragraph 1 (h), of the Convention and the Committee's general recommendation No. 21;
(6) Study the inheritance law, taking into consideration the experience of other countries with similar cultural backgrounds and legal systems that have revised their laws so that women are able to inherit on terms of equality with men.
(1) Establish a centralized national mechanism to coordinate efforts aimed at preventing and combating trafficking in persons and protecting its victims, and adopt a national plan of action in that regard;
(2) Provide ongoing training for law enforcement officials, including border police, prosecutors and judges, as well as for consulate officials, health-care providers and social workers, on the effective identification of and assistance to victims, including medical treatment and psychological counselling, and the investigation, prosecution and punishment of offenders; and to inform the general public on the criminal nature of such acts;
(3) Assist women victims in reporting incidents of trafficking in persons to the police and provide them with legal, medical and psychological assistance and rehabilitation, as well as with adequate shelters;
(4) Create a mechanism to promptly identify victims of trafficking and ensure the referral to the asylum procedure of those who may be in need of international protection.
<u><a target="_blank" href="https://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=6QkG1d%2F…, CEDAW Committee, Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Algeria, 23 March 2012, CEDAW/C/DZA/CO/3-4</a></u>
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