Ratification of regional/international human rights instruments 35. The Commission deplores i. the non-ratification of the following human rights instruments - Protocol of the Court of Justice of the African Union - Protocol to The African Charter On Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Older Persons ii. The slow pace of the ratification process on the ratification of the second Additional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relating to the abolition of the death penalty from legislation in force, in particular from the Criminal Code. Domestication of ratified texts 36. Notwithstanding the ratification of the Kampala Convention in 2015, no information has been provided regarding its implementation. Civil and Political Rights 37. The Commission deplores the lack of information regarding: i. The involvement of the youth in the management of the country’s affairs; ii. The representation of former slaves in decision-making bodies. Administration of Criminal Justice 38. The Commission has concerns about the following: i. The existence of a dualistic judicial system; ii. The low level of cases submitted to the three Special Anti-Slavery Practices Courts; iii. The weak sentencing regime (2 year suspended sentence) looking at the gravity of the offences; iv. The low rate of training and integration of women judges in the judicial system Conditions of detention 39. The Commission is concerned by the following: i. The lack of disaggregated statistics on the number of detainees: women, men, minors, and foreign prisoners; ii. The lack of statistical data on the number of detainees: women, men and juveniles, and the percentage of prisoners in pre-trial detention; iii. The lack of information on the treatment meted out to vulnerable groups in the prisons, especially to women, pregnant women and women nursing children, persons living with HIV and persons with disabilities.; 13