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Move towards the definite abolition of the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Ratify other human rights conventions to which Algeria is not yet a State party

Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

Reply favourably and without delay to the requests of United Nations human rights experts and mechanisms to visit Algeria

Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Withdraw reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Provide the national human rights institution with the necessary means for it to be in compliance with the Paris Principles

Adopt laws to implement the conventions it has ratified

Continue training programmes aimed at human rights awareness, and disseminate it in public institutions and public sectors in accordance with international standards of human rights principles

Continue consolidating the work of the National Human Rights Council to strengthen relevant public policy

Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Adopt an open, merit-based selection process when selecting national candidates for United Nations treaty body elections

Consider extending an open and standing invitation to the special procedures

Continue awareness-raising about, and dissemination and teaching of, human rights

Redouble its efforts to combat the persistence of acts of racial discrimination

Take measures to abolish the death penalty

Revise or repeal legislation on associations and elaborate a new organic law on associations in conformity with international human rights norms

Continue the legislative reforms it has embarked on regarding participatory democracy and political parties

Establish an effective national policy for combating trafficking in persons and establish appropriate mechanisms for the protection of its victims

Strengthen efforts to bring national legislation into line with the Constitution and with its international human rights obligations, especially with regard to the right to freedoms of assembly, expression and association

Strengthen its development efforts in the most disadvantaged regions

Reform the association law 12-06 of 2012 to provide a clear and unambiguous legal foundation for the work of civil society organizations, including with regard to cooperation with international partners

End the arrests and public defamation of the Ahmadi community for practicing their religion

Continue its efforts to develop programmes to support democracy and protect human rights

Continue to step up efforts to combat human trafficking

Strengthen ongoing schemes to reduce unemployment, particularly among the youth

Intensify efforts to provide appropriate vocational training and employment for youths

Continue creating conditions for the effective realization of economic, social and cultural rights in the country

Take urgent measures to amend criminal legislation which criminalizes freedom of expression and opinion online and in different social media