CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE _____________________________________________________________________ Treaties/conventions of the UN (and OECD) not yet ratified by Burkina Faso Name and date of adoption Date of coming into force Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Date of deposit of instrument of succession, ratification or accession by Burkina Faso Signed; not ratified 13 December 2006 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Signed; not ratified 13 December 2006 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty Not signed; not ratified 15 December 1989 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict 12 February 2002 Signed; not ratified 25 May 2000 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Signed; not ratified 20 December 2006 133. The mission could, however, not obtain (as required by APRM documents) any confirmation regarding the status of the following declarations and resolutions: 77