Africa
Source tier A. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Algeria: statutes on record and in force
Algeria, in Africa, is party to all four of the instruments tracked here, the last of them since 2004. It left the FATF's increased-monitoring list at the June 2026 plenary. Its legislation on record runs to 3 confirmed instruments, the earliest from 2025. The dates below are the depositary's; the instruments, where any are named, are the register's.
International framework
Algeria is bound by all four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 1995 and the most recent from 2004.
| Instrument | Adopted | Ratified or acceded | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 9 May 1995 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 7 Oct 2002 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | 25 Aug 2004 | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | 25 Aug 2004 | Chapter XVIII-12-c |
What each instrument obliges a party to do is set out once, per instrument, in the conventions reference. The dates above are what is specific to Algeria: they are the points from which each obligation began to bind, taken from the depositary's own status tables.
National legislation
The following instruments have been confirmed against a citable national source. Titles are given as enacted and are not translated.
Loi No. 04-18 du 13 Dhou El Kaada 1425 (No. 04-18) — A principal instrument in its own right, confirmed on the register named below; its subject matter is not stated on the face of its title. Confirmed against the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
Loi n° 25-03 du 5 Moharram 1447 au 1er juillet 2025 modifiant (No. 25-03) — An amending instrument, so the operative wording is the amended text of the act it alters rather than anything freestanding. Confirmed against Algeria's national drug-control office, checked 2026-07-30.
loi 04-18 — A principal instrument in its own right, confirmed on the register named below; its subject matter is not stated on the face of its title. Confirmed against the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
Enforcement authorities
One body is named in the record for Algeria, each confirmed on Algeria's own government domain. Reading this alongside the treaty position is the point: the conventions say what must be criminalised, and these are the institutions through which that reaches a consignment or a suspect.
| Body | Function | Confirmed on |
|---|---|---|
| Algerian Customs | customs and border control | douane.gov.dz |
Ratification sequence
A count of four tells you less than the sequence that produced it. Algeria came to these instruments over 9 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 1995 and ending with the Firearms Protocol in 2004. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the UNCAC at 1 year, the longest the 1988 Convention at 7.
Algeria became a party to the 1988 Convention in 1995, 7 years after it was adopted — slower than the median lag of 5 years across this dataset.
The years in between are the ones a case from that period would have to be judged against. For the 7 years between 1995 and 2002, Algeria was bound by the 1988 Convention but not yet by the UNTOC, the UNCAC or the Firearms Protocol. Conduct inside such a window is judged against the instruments then in force, not against the set as it stands today.
On coverage, Algeria is one of 81 jurisdiction s here party to 4 of the four, against 81 party to all four. 6 of the 53 Africa records here are under increased monitoring as the register stands.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Algeria is recorded as Not listed . Algeria was removed from increased monitoring at that plenary — a change that follows an on-site visit rather than a paper review. How the plenary reaches these decisions is covered on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Algeria
Which drug-control conventions has Algeria ratified?
All four: the 1988 Convention on 9 May 1995, the UNTOC on 7 Oct 2002, the UNCAC on 25 Aug 2004, the Firearms Protocol on 25 Aug 2004.
Is Algeria on the FATF grey list?
No, and that is recent: Algeria was removed from increased monitoring at the plenary of 19 June 2026. Removal follows an on-site assessment that the reforms are in place and being sustained, so it is a substantive change rather than an administrative one.
What national drug legislation is on record for Algeria?
Loi No. 04-18 du 13 Dhou El Kaada 1425 (No. 04-18), confirmed against the UNODC legal library; Loi n° 25-03 du 5 Moharram 1447 au 1er juillet 2025 modifiant (No. 25-03), confirmed against Algeria's national drug-control office; loi 04-18, confirmed against the UNODC legal library.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
Each instrument names its own. For Algeria that is the UNODC legal library, Algeria's national drug-control office. Each link resolves to the register's own copy, not to a summary of it.
What is source tier A, and why is this record in it?
Tier A means a national instrument has been confirmed against an official register — for Algeria, 3 of them. The treaty dates and the listing status are separately sourced, so all three layers of this record carry a citation.
Why does the ratification date matter?
The date is the point from which the obligations bind. Algeria's earliest of these commitments dates from 1995, its most recent from 2004; the gap between them is a rough measure of how long the framework took to assemble.
Sources
- Ratification dates: United Nations Treaty Collection, depositary status tables (chapters VI-19, XVIII-12, XVIII-14, XVIII-12-c). Checked 2026-07-29.
- Listing status: FATF, Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring and High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action, 2026-06-19.
- Loi No. 04-18 du 13 Dhou El Kaada 1425: the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
- Loi n° 25-03 du 5 Moharram 1447 au 1er juillet 2025 modifiant: Algeria's national drug-control office, checked 2026-07-30.
- loi 04-18: the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.