Child Soldiers Ratification Campaign

Algeria

Algeria apparently relies on compulsory recruitment with the minimum age set at 19. However, there have been reports of child participation in the government-sponsored paramilitary 'Legitimate Defence Groups' and armed opposition groups active in Algeria's civil war. Algeria has ratified ILO Convention 182 but has not yet signed the Optional Protocol.

Contact details:

HE Mr Abdelaziz Belkhadem
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
6 Rue Ibn Badran
El-Mouradia
Algiers 16050
Algérie

cc Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Fax: 41 22 774 30 49 /
Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Fax: 212 759 9538

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