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The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) is calling on Algeria to take the necessary steps to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Algeria actively took part in the 1998 United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court held in Rome. Subsequently, on 28 December 2000, Algeria became a signatory to the treaty.

Increased accessions and ratifications of the Statute in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will further strengthen the global voice at the Court and result in a more robust and meaningful participation in the global struggle to establish a truly fair, effective, and independent ICC.

To date, the MENA region is the most underrepresented region at the ICC. The Arab League, consisting of 22 Arabic-speaking states, has only 3 States Parties to the Rome Statute – Jordan, Djibouti, and the Comoros Islands – and twelve signatories.

The region has a growing human rights movement and the Coalition today has over 300 active member organizations spread across almost every country in the region. Through its strengthened regional efforts targeting civil society, parliamentarians, governments, media, and others, the Coalition is pushing for an increased number of accessions and ratifications and full implementation of the Rome Statute in all MENA countries.

The Coalition therefore appeals to Algeria to ratify the Rome Statute and to fully support this first permanent, independent court capable of investigating and bringing to justice individuals who commit the most serious violations of international law, namely war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

Take Action Now!

Write a letter to the President of Algeria and other government officials to encourage Algeria’s ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Send your letter to:

H.E. Abdel Aziz Bouteflika
President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
Présidence de la République, El Mouradia, 16000 Alger, Algérie
Tel: +213 21 691515
+213 21 682292
+213 21 600366
Fax: +213 21 609618
+213 21 691595
+213 21 686480
Email:Email: [email protected]

Web: http://www.el-mouradia.dz/francais/Sommaire.html

H.E. Abdel Aziz Belkhadem, Minister of State and Personal Representative of the President
Same as Above

H.E. Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister
Palais du Gouvernement, 18 rue Docteur Saâdane, Alger, Algérie
Tel: +213 21 731200
+213 21 732340
+213 21 732388
Fax: +213 21 717927
+213 21 719388
Web:www.premier-ministre.gov.dz

H.E. Mourad Medelci, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Place Mohamed Seddik Benyahia, 16070 El Mouradia, Alger, Algérie
Tel: +213 21 504545
+213 21 504343
Fax: +213 21 504242
+213 21 504141
Web: www.mae.dz/ma_fr/

H.E. Tayib Belaiz, Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals
Ministère de la Justice, 8 Place Bir Hakem, 16030 El Bihar, Alger, Algérie
Tel: +213 21 921608
+213 21 924183
Fax: +213 21 921701
+213 21 922956
+213 21 925557
+213 21 921243
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mjustice.dz

H.E. Mahmoud Khedri, Minister of Relations with the Parliament
12 Rue Ali Bjaoui Alabyar, Alger, Algérie
Tel: +213 21 791120
Fax: +213 21 790567
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.mcrp.gov.dz/Ministere_Arabe/

H.E. Abdel Kader Bensalah, President of the Council of the Nation
Council of the Nation, 7 Boulevard Zirout Youcef, 16000 Alger, Algérie
Tel: +213 21 746031
+213 21 746085
+213 21 746022
Fax: +213 21 746102
+213 21 746079
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Web: www.majliselouma.dz

H.E. Abdel Aziz Ziari, President of the People’s National Assembly
National People’s Assembly, 18 Boulevard Zirout Youcef, 16000 Alger, Algérie
Tel: +213 21 748268
+213 21 746031
+213 21 738600
Fax:+213 21 740389
+213 21 729135
Email:[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Web: www.apn.gov.dz
www.apn-dz.org

H.E. Mourad Benmehidi, Ambassador Permanent Representative to the UN
326 E 48th St. New York, NY USA 10017-1747
Tel:+1 212 7501960
+1 212 7501962
+1 212 7501965
+1 212 7501966
Fax: +1 212 7599538
+1 212 7595274
Email:[email protected]
Web: www.algeria-un.org

Mr. Mustapha Farouk Ksentini, President, Commission nationale consultative de promotion et de protection des droits de l’Homme
Palais du Peuple, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, Alger, Algérie
Tel: +213 21 230214
+213 21 230311
Fax: +213 21 239037
+213 21 239005

You might like to use the following letter as a guide.

Please be sure to cc all contacts below when sending your letters & try the phone and fax numbers in the order that they are placed.


Your Excellency:

I am writing to urge you to ensure the intensification of Algeria’s ratification process to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Court’s first cases in Uganda, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan signify that it is moving forward in its crucial work to end impunity for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

Algeria played a positive role in drafting the Rome Statute and signed it on 28 December 2000. As you well know, the Rome Statute came into force in July 2002 and 110 states have ratified or acceded to the ICC Treaty and 139 are signatories. The ICC is an important tool that will ensure that the most serious international crimes no longer go unpunished. Arab and African nations are instrumental in building and strengthening this new justice system, and their support to the ICC is vital to the fight against impunity.

Algeria and the Arab and African States are instrumental to building this system of international justice and their support for the ICC is vital to its long-term success and efficiency. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is underrepresented in the ICC. The League of Arab States has but three members that are States Parties to the Rome Statute, and twelve that have signed it. The African Union has 30 States Parties.

Algeria should ratify the Rome Statute as soon as possible and fully align legislation with all obligations under the Rome Statute, including ratification of the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the ICC. It should join the rest of the world in the determination to cooperate for the prevention of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes and to put an end to impunity of perpetrators thereof, by adhering to the new system of international justice created by the Rome Statute.

Yours sincerely,

NGO Media Statements
Author Date and Title
LADDH - Ligue Algerienne pour la Defense des Droits de l’Homme
29 Oct 2009
LADDH Press Release on Algerian Accession to Rome Statute
CICC
15 Oct 2009
Algeria URC Press Release
CICC
Oct 2009
GLOBAL COALITION URGES ALGERIA TO PRIORITIZE RATIFICATION OF ROME STATUTE