ALGERIA-ABORTION-TBs-CCPR

Concluding Observations on Report 4 (2018) (Link)

Voluntary termination of pregnancy

25. The Committee is concerned at the number of unsafe abortions that are reportedly performed each year as a result, mainly, of the extremely limited conditions in which abortion is permitted under the Criminal Code, namely, only when the mother’s life is at risk (art. 308). The Committee is also concerned at the severity of the punishment for women who have had an abortion in situations other than those specifically authorized by the law (art. 309). A further concern in this regard is the significant social gap that exists with regard to abortion, inasmuch as poor women have access only to abortions that are unsafe and performed in conditions that jeopardize not just their health but also their lives (arts. 3, 6, 7, 17, 24 and 26).

26. The State party should, until such time as abortion is decriminalized, amend its legislation with a view to ensuring safe, legal and effective access to abortion, including when the life and health of the woman or girl are at risk, when allowing the pregnancy to go to term would result in significant pain or suffering for the woman or girl and in particular when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest or is not viable. It should furthermore ensure that women and girls who have abortions, as well as the physicians assisting them, are not subjected to criminal sanctions inasmuch as such sanctions force women and girls to have unsafe abortions. In addition, the State party should raise awareness through policies aimed at countering the stigmatization faced by women and girls who wish to have an abortion, and it should ensure that they have access to contraception and to appropriate and affordable reproductive health-care services.

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Concluding Observations on Report 3 (2007) (Link)

[no mention]

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Concluding Observations on Report 2 (1998) (Link)

[no mention]

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Concluding Observations on Report 1 (1992) (Link)

[no mention]

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