Algeria was elected to serve a 3-year term on November 12, 2013 when 164 UN member states, out of 193 UN General Assembly members, voted in favor of Algeria's candidacy. In fact, this is Algeria's second term on the UN Council since its establishment in 2006.
This is just some of what the most recent State Department report says about human rights in Algeria:
- "The three most significant continuing human rights problems were restrictions on freedom of assembly and association, lack of judicial independence, and overuse of pretrial detention. Other human rights concerns were limitations on the ability of citizens to change their government, excessive use of force by police...Widespread corruption accompanied reports of limited government transparency... The law... does not address spousal rape... Claims filed by women for rape and sexual abuse continued to face judicial obstacles...Domestic violence was widespread. The penal code states that a person must be "incapacitated" for 15 days and a woman claiming domestic abuse must visit a "forensic physician" for an examination to document injuries."