PART ONE: GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK Chapter I: Legal framework A. International and regional human rights instruments ratified by Chad from 1998 to 2015. 27. Chad signed or ratified a number of human rights instruments during the period covered by this Report. These include: 1. International instruments  United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, ratified on 27/07/2009;  Additional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking of Persons, in particular, Women and Children (Palermo Protocol), ratified on 27/07/2009;  Optional protocol to the UN Convention on the rights of the child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, ratified on 28/08/2012;  Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, ratified on 28/08/2012;  United Nations Additional Protocol on Trafficking in Persons, ratified on 10/08/2009;  Convention 182 concerning the Worst Forms of Child Labour and Immediate Action for their Elimination, ratified on 18/08/2000. 2. Regional instruments  Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention), ratified on 11/07/2011;  African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, ratified on 24/11/2010;  African Union Convention on Preventing and Combatting Corruption, signed on 24/12/2012;  African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, ratified on 30/03/2000. B. Main domestic legislation on human rights adopted by Chad during the reporting period 1. Constitutional and legislative measures  Constitutional Act No. 08/PR/2005 of 15 July 2005, amended by Act No. 02/PR/2006 of 11 January 2006, to reflect the right of Chad to decide its own destiny;  Act No. 19/PR/2003 of 24 October 2003 on the composition and functioning of the High Council for Communication; Page 11 sur 87