CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE _____________________________________________________________________ on these rights. On the other hand, the report underlines disappearances or summary executions, arbitrary arrests, abuses and mistreatment of children, and inhuman, cruel, degrading and humiliating cases of physical or mental torture, stating that these ‘are not uncommon’. ii. Conclusions of the CRM 132. On the basis of information extracted from the additional documentation obtained during its stay in Burkina Faso, the mission concluded that Burkina Faso had ratified many international and regional instruments. The status of the ratification is as shown in the tables below. Table no. 3.1: UN Name and date of adoption International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Date of coming into force Date of deposit of instrument of succession, ratification or accession by Burkina Faso 3 January 1976 4 January 1999 23 March 1976 4 January 1999 23 March 1976 4 January 1999 22 April 1954 18 June 1980 4 October 1967 18 June 1980 16 December 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 16 December 1966 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 16 December 1966 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 28 July 1951 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees 31 January 1967 72