CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE
The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural
Heritage;
United Nations Convention against Corruption;
Four International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on labour law;
Four additional and optional United Nations protocols on human rights;
and
Two international treaties on civil and political rights and on economic,
social and cultural rights.
111.
Within the framework of the African Union, the CSAR shows that Algeria has
signed and ratified the:
African Charter on Human and Peoples‟ Rights and the OAU Convention
Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa;
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child;
Cultural Charter for Africa;
African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption;
Treaty establishing the African Economic Community (AEC);
Protocol relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of
the African Union;
Treaty establishing the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA);
Protocol to the Treaty instituting the AEC as it concerns the African
Parliament and;
Protocol to the African Charter of Human and Peoples‟ Rights on the
establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples‟ Rights.
112.
Algeria has already ratified ten international conventions on the fight against
terrorism, explosives and organised crime, as well as the Protocol on the
Repression of Unlawful Acts and Violence. It has ratified, with reservations,
three international conventions on the suppression of attacks by means of
explosives, the suppression of the financing of terrorism, and the fight against
organised crime. In addition, the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful
Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, which is
complementary to the Montreal Convention of 23 September 1971, is in the
process of being ratified.
113.
The CSAR indicates that Algeria has applied itself to aligning its internal legal
system with undertakings arising from its adherence to these international
legal instruments. It should be mentioned that their implementation has not
met with any particular constraints in terms of capacity.
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