الحماية الجزائية للشاهد في القانون الجزائري

Abstract EN

Witness testimony is one of the most important means of proof in criminal trials because it has a significant impact on the fate of trials where they have a decisive role in convicting or acquitting the accused.

Witness protection is thus one of the main objectives of contemporary criminal policy.

Therefore, the Algerian legislator sought to provide the necessary protection for witnesses through the provision of substantive protection under the Penal Code and the Law on Corruption and Procedural Protection through the issuance of the amended and supplemental Order 15-02 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which added Chapter 6 to Part Two of the first book entitled " Protection of Witnesses, Experts and Victims ", which approved the protection of witnesses from attacks and threats they may face in order to encourage them to testify.