CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE _____________________________________________________________________ Name and date of adoption Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Date of coming into force Date of deposit of instrument of succession, ratification or accession by Burkina Faso 25 January 2004 31 December 1998 6 December 2002 23 June 2003 14 December 2003 23 June 2003 26 December 2003 1 December 2003 25 November 2005 9 June 2006 Not yet implemented 5 April 2005 5 August 2006 29 November 2005 10 June 1998 OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism 14 July 1999 Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community Relating to the Pan-African Parliament 2 March 2001 Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union 10 July 2002 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 11 July 2003 Protocol on Amendments to the Constitutive Act of the African Union 11 July 2003 African Union Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Corruption 11 July 2003 83

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