Algeria

Ad Hoc Inquiry Commission in Charge of the Question of Disappearances

The Ad Hoc Inquiry Commission in Charge of the Question of Disappearances (2003-2005) was formed as a subsidiary organ within the National Consultative Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Algeria’s permanent human rights institution. According to the presidential decree laying out its mandate, the commission was invested with a specific mission and granted temporary support in requests for the search for persons declared missing by a member of their family. The responsibilities of the commission included identifying cases of alleged disappearance; having competent authorities undertake searches to locate disappeared persons and carry out operations to identify the remains that had been found; informing families of persons declared missing on the results of the commission’s research; and designing, in conjunction with the public authorities, assistance and compensation measures for the beneficiaries of missing persons.