EVENT INFORMATION

17
Maart
1956

A decree activates exceptional measures under the special-powers law

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📅 17 Maart 1956 📍 Algerije

A decree set out exceptional measures for restoring order, protecting persons and property, and safeguarding Algerian territory. Its neutral administrative language concealed an expansion of coercive state authority. These powers operated in a colonial war in which Algerians lacked equal political control over the institutions governing them.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

French authorities

Algerian residents subject to emergency measures

Organisaties in dit Evenement

French government

colonial administration

French Army