CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE _____________________________________________________________________ iii. Recommendations of the APR Panel 140. The APR Panel would like to make the following recommendations: 3.3 • revitalise and operationalise the structures responsible for collecting and compiling all the instruments signed and ratified by Burkina Faso so that these are contained in a single frame of reference (government); • with regard to the new momentum in respect of the drafting and submission of reports to the competent bodies responsible for overseeing UN treaties, support such momentum and ensure that it achieves the desired effect (government); • make great efforts to put in place, within a reasonable time, the provisions necessary for the operationalisation of the ratified instruments already incorporated in national legislation (government); • rapidly initiate domestication procedures in respect of ratified instruments not yet integrated into national legislation (government); • work towards the ratification of instruments of which Burkina Faso is not yet part, in particular those relating to torture, enforced disappearances, the death sentence and corruption (government); and • initiate, together with civil society organisations (CSOs), a permanent process of sensitisation and the popularisation of ratified instruments, and the education and training of Burkinabe as to the enjoyment of their rights (government, CSOs). Assessment of APR objectives Objective 1: i. Prevent and reduce intrastate and interstate conflict Summary of the CSAR Internal conflicts 141. The CSAR distinguishes three types of conflict in Burkina Faso: political conflicts, community conflicts, and interstate or trans-border conflicts. 142. Political conflicts. There are no political conflicts as such in Burkina Faso, but there are cases of latent or open political or social tension that have had, or could have, the potential for varying degrees of conflict situations that may sometimes result in injury and/or death. Some of these tensions culminate in protest. Citizens’ demands can also turn into violence where the issues concerned relate to residential or commercial land. These land squabbles, 86