60. Besides, the State established a teaching hospital called the “Hôpital national Blaise
COMPAORE” in 2010. The building of this health facility has come to strengthen and
complement the health infrastructure system with a public establishment status. It will give a
fresh boost to hospital management by promoting the availability of quality health care. This
brings to four (4) the number of teaching hospitals in our country.
61. Finally, note can be taken of the adoption in 2013 of the 2013-2020 human resource
development plan for the health sector. This plan aims at the following:
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strengthen the regulation of and compliance with the laws governing human resources for
health delivery;
improve human resource management;
ensure the definition of compliance with standards in the distribution of personnel at the
various levels of the health delivery system;
promote optimum working conditions
etc.
Fast track the process towards the ratification of the second Additional Protocol to civil,
and political rights, relating to the abolition of the death penalty ; and abolish the death
penalty, as provided for by the prevailing laws, particularly the Criminal Code
62. Burkina Faso has signed the moratorium of pro-abolition countries. A draft of the law on the
ratification of the Second Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
which aims at abolishing the death penalty has been drafted. However, consultations held in
2011 as part of the Consultative Council on political reforms relating to the issue could not
arrive at a consensus for the abolition of the death penalty. Nevertheless, consultations are
still on-going in order to better prepare the minds of the people for the ratification of the 2nd
Protocol to the ICCPR. Furthermore, the Burkinabe criminal code is being reviewed. This
review could take the recommendations on the abolition of the death penalty into account if
the already initiated advocacy efforts come to a successful conclusion.
Ratify the African Union Convention on the Protection of and Assistance to InternallyDisplaced Persons, and make the declaration under Article 34(6) of the Protocol to the
African Charter on the Establishment of the African Court
63. Burkina Faso ratified the AU Convention on the Protection of and Assistance to InternallyDisplaced Persons on 6 July, 2012. Burkina Faso made the declaration under Article 34(6) of
the African Charter on the Establishment of the African Court on 14 July, 1998.
Take appropriate measures to strengthen the fight against corruption and impunity
64. The Government is taking action to prevent corruption and to punish offenders. Public and
private bodies like the High State Control Authority, the Audit Office, the National AntiGold Fraud Brigade, the Burkinabe Parliamentary Anti-Corruption Network (the Burkindi
Network) and the National Anti-Corruption Network are engaged in this fight. The creation
of new instruments aimed at improving the effectiveness and transparency of the
management of public finances has been reaffirmed in the SCADD. It served as a reference
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