Like other countries, Algeria is required to strictly comply with its international obligations and commitments, with the objectives of nuclear non-proliferation and to apply the criteria for physical protection and control of imports and exports of nuclear materials, equipment and technologies.

These commitments are reflected in its adherence to the main international legal instruments – binding and non-binding – in particular those of which the IAEA is the depositary.

The statutory mission of COMENA in relation to the State’s international commitments is to ensure, in liaison with the institutions concerned, the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of commitments arising from the State’s obligations in terms of regional and international agreements in the field of atomic energy.

Ratified legal instruments

1994: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT): deposit of instruments.

1996: Treaty of Pelindaba: Treaty establishing Africa as a nuclear-weapon-free zone.

2002: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).

2003: Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident.

2003: Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency.

2003: Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.

 2007: Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.

2010: International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism

Legal instruments signed

2018: Additional Protocol.