Algeria: Violence against Women: Tunisian Laws to Protect Algerians?

The President of the National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and the Protection of Human Rights (CNCPPDH), Farouk Ksentini, foresees a more “severe” legislation guarding against violence against women in Algeria. He has proposed a law allowing the start of judicial processes on the simple testimony of a neighbor. Ksentini’s call comes two days before the International Day for Eliminating Violence Against Women, the 25 of November annually. Ksentini believes that “violence against women should be considered with an aggravating circumstance as it is the case in Tunisia.”

-- Le Quotidien d’Oran