ii. iii. iv. Notes with satisfaction the inclusive and participatory approach adopted in the preparation of the report, in particular the setting up of a multi-sector Committee to monitor the preparation of the report, comprising of representatives of ministries, institutions and civil society organisations (CSOs), and involving public and private institutions in the preparation and validation of the report in collaboration with the Inter-ministerial Committee for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law; Particularly welcomes the fact that the report was prepared in accordance with the Robben Island Guidelines and the Tunis Guidelines; Welcomes the measures taken to implement the recommendations made by the Commission following the consideration of its initial report, at its 49th Ordinary Session (Banjul, 28 April to 12 May 2011), in particular the measures taken to combat impunity, measures for law enforcement officers to better handle demonstrations, measures taken to combat unemployment and to bring justice closer to the population, as well as measures to strengthen literacy programmes. Ratification of regional and international human rights instruments and enactment of laws for the implementation of regional and international instruments ratified 10. The Commission commends Burkina Faso for: a) Ratification of international instruments i. The consultations conducted towards the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. b) Ratification of regional instruments i. The ratification, on 6 July 2012, of the AU Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa. c) Enactment of laws for the implementation of regional and international instruments ratified i. ii. iii. iv. v. The law on the prevention and punishment of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, enacted on 17 April 2014; The law on the protection of delinquent children and children in danger, enacted on 13 May 2014; The law on the prevention and punishment of torture and similar practices, enacted on 27 May 2014; The law on the prevention and repression of corruption, enacted on 3 March 2015; The law establishing the Mining Code, enacted on 26 June 2015; 3