Chapter three: Democracy and good political governance Treaty/convention Year signed AU and other regional treaties Protocol relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the AU (2002) 30 July 2003 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2003) 5 November 2004 SADC Declaration on Gender and Development (and its addendum) (1997) SADC Declaration on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) (2001) SADC Protocol Against Corruption (2001) SADC Protocol on Culture, Information and Sport (2001) SADC Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems (1995) Solemn Declaration of the AU Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa (CSSDCA) (2000 & 2002) Treaty of the SADC (1992) Source: CSAR, 2008. 122. Note: This list is incomplete with regard to the dates of signature, ratification and status of implementation of the international treaties and conventions. The CRM was unable to obtain a fully updated status report from the government of Lesotho on the application of these treaties and conventions. ii. Findings of the CRM 123. The CRM found that Lesotho has signed and ratified a substantial number of international agreements, but that there is a problem with domestication and implementation. The reporting in the CSAR is incomplete, as the register does not indicate the status of implementation of the various agreements entered into. 124. Lesotho has ratified several international treaties and covenants that relate to democracy and good political governance. The principal ones are the Charter of the UN, the Constitutive Act of the AU, the NEPAD Framework Document, and the Treaty of the SADC. Other international agreements entered into cover: the recognition and protection of civil, political and cultural rights; human rights (women, children, racial discrimination, the status of refugees, labour, education, etc.); freedom of political association; war and conflict; crime; corruption; and human trafficking. 125. According to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) in Pretoria, South Africa, the human rights ratification and reporting status for Lesotho is as follows: 49