CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE _____________________________________________________________________ Table no. 3.5: AU/OAU Name and date of adoption Date of coming into force Date of deposit of instrument of succession, ratification or accession by Burkina Faso 26 May 2001 27 February 2001 25 October 1965 6 July 1966 20 June 1974 19 March 1974 22 April 1985 6 July 1984 19 September 1990 11 October 1986 21 October 1986 6 July 1984 29 November 1999 8 June 1992 12 May 1994 19 May 1992 Constitutive Act of the African Union 11 July 2000 General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Organization of African Unity 25 October 1965 AU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa 10 September 1969 Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa 3 July 1977 Cultural Charter for Africa 5 July 1976 African Charter on Human and People’s Rights June 1981 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child July 1999 Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community 3 June 1991 82