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In 1999, Algeria began to emerge from a decade-long civil war. The country’s stability and human rights situation hinge on widespread political reform and the ability of the human rights movement to break the culture of impunity for perpetrators of human rights abuses. The government has failed to address unexplained disappearances of an estimated 7,000 people in the 1990s. A continuing official state of emergency prevents independent and impartial investigations into the serious rights abuses committed during the war. Rights groups report that military and security forces continue to conduct extra-judicial killings, arbitrary detention, and torture against members of opposition groups.
To promote the rule of law, the Fund supports organizations that represent families of the disappeared in their struggle for justice and accountability. These organizations are calling for an independent truth commission to investigate disappearances and prosecute the perpetrators. The Fund also supports women’s rights organizations to help women who suffered violence during and after the war to bring legal charges against their attackers.
