Algeria has passed a law criminalizing French colonialism
The Algerian parliament has unanimously adopted a bill that recognizes France's actions during the colonial period as a state crime and demands an official apology from Paris, reparations and the return of looted valuables. This was reported on December 25 by the Algerian newspaper El Khabar.\
According to the text of the law, the French colonization of Algeria from 1830 to 1962 is classified as a crime violating humanitarian, political, economic and cultural principles.
The document includes 27 specific forms of colonial crimes, including the killing of civilians, the use of prohibited weapons, nuclear testing, extrajudicial executions, robbery of state coffers, torture and forced Christianization.
The law obliges the Algerian State to seek all legal and judicial mechanisms to obtain official recognition and apologies from France, as well as full compensation for material and moral damage.
It is also required to clean up areas contaminated by nuclear explosions, transfer maps of minefields and tests, as well as return all exported archives and cultural assets, including the National Archives of Algeria.
The document also provides for the protection of symbols of national resistance and prohibits any form of glorification or justification of colonialism in the media, academic and cultural spheres. Crimes of colonialism, according to the law, have no statute of limitations.
On March 28, it became known that the Algerian parliament is developing a bill that will consolidate the recognition of France's crimes during the colonial period. It was clarified that if adopted, the country would officially require Paris to pay compensation for the damage caused. According to the bill, France will also be required to admit its crimes and officially apologize.
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