Two Issues Concerning the French Arrest Warrant for the Algerian Diplomat: Functional Immunities and Qualification of the Crime

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Maxime Rogier holds a Master in International Law from the Geneva Graduate Institute. He served as a legal assistant to the 76th session of the International Law Commission in 2025.

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Two Issues Concerning the French Arrest Warrant for the Algerian Diplomat: Functional Immunities and Qualification of the Crime

September 25, 2025

Maxime Rogier

On the 25th of July 2025, a French judge issued an international arrest warrant against a former Algerian diplomat to the embassy in Paris. According to Le Monde, the arrest warrant concerns the participation of Salaheddine Selloum in the “arrest, confinement, abduction, and arbitrary detention” of Algerian political opponent Amir DZ, allegedly committed in April 2024 close…