Background Briefing

Impunity in the Name of Reconciliation: Algerian President’s Peace Plan Faces National Vote September 29

French

Introduction

Background

The Proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation of August 15, 2005

Insufficient safeguards against impunity for grave crimes

Disregard for rights and aspirations of families of the “disappeared

Exclusion of the FIS from Political Life

The Charter’s Rejection of Collective Guilt

Toward the Referendum: Promoting an Open Debate

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