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The family code was revised in 2005, after then President Bouteflika announced stated, “I order the government to instate an ad hoc committee for the revision and redevelopment of the articles of said Code relating to divorce, which are open to interpretation […] to fill the gaps and ensure the protection of the rights of spouses and children.
The 1984 code had a growing tendency towards Islamic fundamentalism. Which in turn threatens women’s rights and privileges in Algeria. This new family code had restrictions for divorce for women, it required male guardians for women in marriage, and it permitted polygamy.
Ourida Chouaki (1953 or 1954 – 12 August 2015) was an Algerian women's rights activist. Founder of an association campaigning for reform to the Algerian Family Code she coordinated the 20 ans, barakat! which successfully brought about the replacement of the law in 2004.
Divorce in Islam (8 P) M. Marriage in Islam (3 C, 26 P) ... Algerian Family Code; B. Breastfeeding in Islam; I. Islamic adoptional jurisprudence; Sexuality in Islam; M.
Algerian Family Code; Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. Australian family law; Family Law Act (Canada) California Child Actor's Bill, or the Coogan Law; Family law system in England and Wales. Children Act of 1989; Malian Family Code; Mudawana, the Moroccan Family Code; The Philippines' Family Code of 1987; Nashim, the order of the ...
In 1996, Algeria signed Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, but reserved items regarding the equality of nationality which conflicted with its Family and Nationality Codes. [72] [73] Through an intensive campaign, women's groups were able to press the government to begin drafting legal changes in 2003. [73]
The Algerian Family Code of 1984, according to Amnesty International, "imposed many serious limitations on women's rights, including the right to equality before the law and the right of self-determination". [10] Under Algerian law, nonspousal rape is illegal, but spousal rape is not.
'code'), short for mudawwanat al-aḥwāl ash-shakhṣiyyah (مدونة الأحوال الشخصية, lit. ' personal status code '), [1] is the personal status code, also known as the family code, in Moroccan law. It concerns issues related to the family, including the regulation of marriage, polygamy, divorce, inheritance, and child custody.