356. The inclusion of the issue of persons with disabilities has been particularly demonstrated, during the period under review by the enactment of Law No. 012-2010/AN of 1 April 2010 on the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities. This Law has instituted a disability card and the holders of such cards are entitled to some benefits in the areas of health, education, vocational training, employment, communication, social integration, transportation, housing and living conditions, sports and leisure; it also includes culture and the arts, the promotion and protection of social welfare. 357. Concerning older persons, many actions and measures have been taken to provide assistance, especially to the most deprived (gifts, home visits, organisation of a Day for Older Persons, etc.). The ministry of Social Welfare and National Solidarity has within its fold a department for the protection of older persons with the mandate to implement government actions aimed at protecting older persons. The Ministry of Human Rights prepared a report in 2011 on the situation of Older Persons in Burkina Faso. 358. The MASSN has a Directorate for the Promotion and Protection of Older Persons. There are thirteen (13) private reception centres recognised by the Ministry of Social Welfare and National Solidarity. The main objective of these centres is to take charge of older persons especially the ones who are victims of social exclusion. The MASSN also ensures supervision of the Solidarity Court in Sector 12 and the Delwindé Centre in Sakoula which receives vulnerable people including older women accused of witchcraft and therefore excluded from their communities. Furthermore, the Centre for Listening and Care for Older Persons was established in 2009 in Sector 28 of Ouagadougou. 359. Concerning older persons, measures have been taken to improve the situation particularly for retired persons. Thus, the retired persons can henceforth enjoy short term loans for a period of 24 months from the banks to enable them carry out income-generating activities. They also benefit from free annual medical check-up and a subsidy for some medical expenses. In the same way, a policy of reconversion of military personnel on retirement has been adopted. 360. In October 2012, the national forum for older persons made some health, social, political, economic recommendations. Furthermore, sensitisation activities were organised by the Ministries of Women’s Affairs and Gender, Human Rights and Civic Promotion, Social Welfare and National Solidarity as part of the fight against all forms of inequalities and inequities relating to gender. Cases of violence perpetrated during the socio-political crisis faced by Burkina Faso in 2011, were the subject of psychological, health, financial care in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. III. The Right to Peace 361. In December 2012, Burkina Faso benefitted from the development and validation of action plans for the implementation of resolution 1325 (women, peace and security) and 1820 (sexual violence against civilians –weapons of war) of the United Nations Security Council. Furthermore, two (2) Burkinabè women received training on the contribution of women to conflict resolution organised by ECOWAS. 362. Finally, the government has started enriching the programmes with themes such as “education for peace” and “social education and gender” which provide for equitable education of girls and boys. 87