Algeria's parliament has unanimously passed a law declaring France's colonisation of the North African state a crime, and demanding an apology and reparations.
The law also criminalises the glorification of colonialism, state-run TV reports.
The vote is the latest sign of increasingly strained diplomatic relations between the two countries, with some observers saying they are at their lowest since Algeria gained independence 63 years ago.
France's colonisation of Algeria between 1830 and 1962 was marked by mass killings, large-scale deportations and ended in a bloody war of independence. Algeria says the war killed 1.5 million people, while French historians put the death toll much lower.
France's President Emmanuel Macron has previously acknowledged the colonisation of Algeria was a crime against humanity but has not offered an apology.
Lawmakers wore scarves in the colours of the national flag and chanted long live Algeria as they applauded the bill's passage through parliament, AFP news agency reports.
The legislation states that France has legal responsibility for the tragedies it caused, and full and fair compensation was an inalienable right of the Algerian state and people.
France has not yet commented on the vote.
Algerian lawmakers have been demanding that France return a 16th Century bronze cannon, known as Baba Merzoug, which is regarded as the protector of Algiers, now Algeria's capital, and is currently in the port city of Brest, France. In 2020, France returned the remains of 24 Algerian fighters killed resisting colonial forces.
Algeria's Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf has emphasized that a legal framework should ensure that restitution is seen as neither a gift nor a favour.
The historical context of this law comes amid growing pressure on Western nations to address issues of reparations for colonial activities and to return looted artifacts.
