Judicial cooperation in the fight against terrorism: Algeria is the first country on the continent to have ratified all 16 universal instruments

El Moudjahid – October 12, 2011

The ministry of Justice is organizing, in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC), a national workshop on international legal mechanisms for judicial cooperation against terrorism.

Hostage-taking by terrorists: UN Human Rights Council passes Algeria’s resolution

Algérie Presse Service (APS) – October 2, 2011

At its 18th session, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution introduced by Algeria on human rights and issues related to hostage-taking by terrorists. Backed by the African Group, the draft resolution was adopted by consensus by the Council on September 29.

Counter-terrorism: GCTF’s Working Group on Capacity-Building of the Sahel to meet in Algiers next November 16 and 17

The first meeting of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum’s Working Group on Capacity-Building in the Sahel is scheduled to take place in Algiers on November 16 and 17, declared Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Messahel in New York.

The Algiers conference on security and development is “a unique opportunity” convening at a “timely juncture”

The Algiers conference on security and development is “a unique opportunity” convening at a “timely juncture”, said U.S. State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism Daniel Benjamin

Algérie Presse Service (APS) – September 6, 2011

In an interview granted to the Algerian press agency APS (Algérie Presse Service), U.S. State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Mr. Daniel Benjamin, called the Algiers counterterrorism conference convening on September 7 and 8, 2011, “a unique opportunity taking place at a timely juncture.”