CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE _____________________________________________________________________ Name and date of adoption Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II, as amended on 3 May 1993 and annexed to the Convention on 10 December 1990) Date of coming into force Date of deposit of instrument of succession, ratification and accession by Burkina Faso 3 May 1996 26 November 2003 21 October 1950 7 November 1961 21 October 1950 7 November 1961 7 December 1978 20 October 1987 3 May 1993 Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 12 August 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 12 August 1949 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 8 June 1977 AU 134. The status of ratification by Burkina Faso of treaties/conventions of which the AU is today a depository is as follows: 81