The publication in Official Journal No. 40 of an executive decree setting out the composition, organisation and functioning of the special commission tasked with examining cases of deprivation of Algerian nationality. The decree, signed on 26 May 2026 by Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb, sets out the procedures for implementing the law amending the Nationality Code, covering both original and acquired nationality.
The commission is chaired by the head of government and largely dominated by security officials: DGSI, DGSN, DGDSE, the commander of the gendarmerie, and army security; alongside three ministers and a Supreme Court judge, and can only be referred to by the Ministers of Defence, Foreign Affairs, the Interior or Justice. Organisations defending press freedom and civil liberties, as well as journalists and opposition figures in exile, denounce a mechanism designed to silence critical voices and the diaspora , relying on vague notions such as ‘undermining national unity’, and ‘the interests of the State’ already invoked in the trials of Hirak prisoners of conscience. The risk of statelessness, which contravenes international law, is particularly highlighted, as many opponents do not hold a second nationality. With this decree, the mechanism becomes fully operational.
Publication du décret d’application portant création de la Commission chargée de la déchéance de nationalité
The publication in Official Journal No. 40 of an executive decree setting out the composition, organisation and functioning of the special commission tasked with examining cases of deprivation of Algerian nationality. The decree, signed on 26 May 2026 by Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb, sets out the procedures for implementing the law amending the Nationality Code, covering both original and acquired nationality.
The commission is chaired by the head of government and largely dominated by security officials: DGSI, DGSN, DGDSE, the commander of the gendarmerie, and army security; alongside three ministers and a Supreme Court judge, and can only be referred to by the Ministers of Defence, Foreign Affairs, the Interior or Justice. Organisations defending press freedom and civil liberties, as well as journalists and opposition figures in exile, denounce a mechanism designed to silence critical voices and the diaspora , relying on vague notions such as ‘undermining national unity’, and ‘the interests of the State’ already invoked in the trials of Hirak prisoners of conscience. The risk of statelessness, which contravenes international law, is particularly highlighted, as many opponents do not hold a second nationality. With this decree, the mechanism becomes fully operational.