Algeria: Briefing to the committee on the elimination of discrimination against women

Index Number: MDE 28/011/2004
Date Published: 1 December 2004
Categories: Algeria, Middle East And North Africa

This briefing focuses on Amnesty International's concerns regarding violence against women in Algeria. Three main areas of concern are highlighted: sexual violence by armed groups and by other non-state actors; the impact on women of violations by state actors that were targeted primarily at men; and violence in the family.