Many state and NGO representatives were absent from the room at the start of the debate, contrary to last week when foreign delegates of the highest level were present for Tunisia and Morocco's reviews.

In the context of this review, Alkarama presented a report that discussed the persistence of numerous human rights violations, which continue to be committed by the Algerian security services despite the removal of the state of emergency. Indeed, the main laws which restricted liberties were integrated into common law.

In the report, Alkarama also highlighted the question of secret detentions in Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS) centers and the refusal of the Algerian authorities to shed light on the countless crimes committed by the army and the police, in particular the abductions and the summary executions.

The issues raised by our organization were largely repeated in Summary prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.