vi. vii. The recent amendment of the Constitution establishing the nonamendable character of the provision on the limitation of the number of presidential terms, as well as the right of Burkinabe citizens to submit individual complaints to the Constitutional Council about human rights violations; The amendment of the Criminal Code to include crimes under international conventions and the review of the scope of offences in order to exclude the death penalty. Economic, social and cultural rights 11. The Commission commends Burkina Faso for: i. ii. iii. The establishment of an early warning system (EWS) to ensure food security, the quality of healthcare in public health centres, as well as access to medicines and certain medical procedures; The measures taken to curb unemployment, including the adoption of the National Employment Policy, the Special Employment Creation Programme for the Youth and Women 2012-2014, employment programmes for underprivileged persons and groups, the reclassification of workers, the promotion of employment in the informal sector, and technical and vocational training programmes; The efforts made by the Government to increase, in the national budget, the budget of the health sector, from 8.9% in 2010 to 12.7% in 2014. Justice 12. The Commission commends Burkina Faso for the various measures taken in the justice sector, notably: i. ii. iii. iv. v. The re-opening of symbolic cases such as the Norbert ZONGO case, pursuant to the ruling of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the Thomas SANKARA case before the military court; The operationalisation of the High Court of Justice before which some members of government have been indicted for economic, financial and violent crimes; The establishment of an Independent Commission of Inquiry to clarify the circumstances of the deaths following the popular uprising of 30 and 31 October 2014; The establishment of a National Commission of Inquiry following the coup d’état of 16 September 2015; The efforts made to “educate” citizens by providing them with reliable and reassuring information on the justice system, particularly by improving access to justice through measures aimed at reducing certain legal expenses; 4