CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE ratify the international instruments at issue, including the Convention of the International Criminal Court; lift all reservations accompanying the ratification of the international legal instruments on the matter, notably those on the suppression of international terrorism and other organised crimes; and take all the necessary legislative and regulatory steps to ensure that its internal legal system conforms to the international codes and standards it has ratified. 2. The Algerian National Human Rights Commission and the country‟s civil society organisations conduct civic education campaigns for citizens with a view to entrenching their supervisory role and inculcating an awareness and sense of responsibility in stakeholders. 3.3 Assessment of APR objectives Objective 1: Prevention and reduction of intra- and inter-state conflict i. Summary of the CSAR 124. Internal conflicts. The CSAR highlighted the major conflict characterising Algeria‟s recent history, namely terrorism. According to the report, terrorism resulted from aggression aimed at destroying the democratic and republican state and replacing it with a totalitarian system. 125. Legal mechanism for combating terrorism. In the face of terrorist violence, Algeria has implemented the provisions of fundamental law in order to comply with its international commitments. Thus, in accordance with section 84 of the Constitution, a state of emergency was decreed. The Algerian government informed the UN Secretary-General of this proclamation, in strict adherence to the procedures formally set out in the International Pact on Civil and Political Rights, especially section 4, paragraph 3. 126. The CSAR emphasises that the authorities have put in place mechanisms for the fight against terrorism and subversion, with increased penalties being provided for in the Criminal Code. After 1995, a series of measures were adopted, aimed at lifting or easing certain provisions passed within the context of the proclamation of a state of emergency. These included the lifting of the curfew of 16 February 1996, the abrogation of provisions on special courts, and the scope of the powers accorded to competent common law jurisdictions. 127. Social reintegration and national reconciliation. The CSAR also notes that measures had been taken to reintegrate into society all those who renounced terrorism. To this effect, the law on clemency (Rahma) was adopted in 1995 60