Mechanisms of the United Nations organization to combat the crime of child abduction.
Since the end of the last century and the advent of the millennium, the interests of the United Nations organization have diversified to encompass almost all challenges facing humanity as a whole, including issues that only concern small human communities. Among the issues that have received the most attention from the organization are human rights issues. Today, researchers stand armed with a range of international instruments, a large number of subsidiary bodies and entities, as well as dozens of procedures and mechanisms that delineate multiple paths to achieve justice for victims of human rights violations.
The United Nations objectively aligns itself to promote the rights of vulnerable segments in society, such as those with special needs, women, and children. For these segments, special international agreements have been developed, including mechanisms for oversight and legal avenues for complaints for the benefit of victims of rights violations covered by the protection of these agreements. In fact, the mechanisms for the protection of human rights included in the fundamental instruments of human rights constitute part of a comprehensive system developed by the organization over decades. These mechanisms are referred to as "treaty bodies" due to the commitment of states to respect human rights as stipulated in the convention at the time of signing and/or ratification.
As this system only applies to states that have previously committed to the terms of the signed agreements, the United Nations has developed another complementary system that allows for the consideration of the respect for human rights in the case of states that have not signed or ratified human rights agreements. This system is referred to as "non-treaty bodies."
In light of this duality, we will present the mechanisms provided by the United Nations to combat the crime of child abduction. This leads us to the legal framework provided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its three protocols, as international treaty mechanisms (Section 1). It also directs us to the specific procedures of the Human Rights Council that deal with children (Section 2). We will also address the situation of Algeria regarding the signing and/or ratification of international instruments related to the subject and observe any references to Algeria in reports of the Human Rights Committee and reports of UN special rapporteurs at the level of the Human Rights Council. Additionally, we will look into whether individual complaints or inter-state complaints against Algeria have been recorded in this regard.