Page 19  The Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community, signed on 23 October 1992;  The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women, signed on 4 June 2009;  The AU Charter on Non-Aggression and Common Defence, ratified on 4 June 2009;  The African Youth Charter, signed on 25 July 2010;  The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, singed on 25 July 2010;  The AU Convention on the Protection and Assistance to the Displaced Persons in Africa, signed on 23 October 2009;  The African Charter on Values and Principles of Public Service and Administration, signed on 11 July 2011. C. The Status of AU Conventions Ratified by Western Sahara within the Context of the Sahrawi International Legislation 54. The Sahrawi Republic subscribes to the theory of integration and considers both the international and internal laws two sources of the national law. This is so because it is among the countries that initiated the process of integrating international treaties and conventions after their ratification and publication. 55. The Sahrawi Republic has adopted the theory that international conventions have precedence over the national law once ratified by the Sahrawi Parliament that has the competence to do so under the Constitution. Once published in the official Gazette,