A/HRC/10/80 page 4 9. The National Human Rights Commission; a bill was currently under consideration to bring that institution into line with the Paris Principles. 10. The Commission on Information Technology and Freedoms, which was responsible for enforcing the Act on the Protection of Personal Information. 11. The Higher State Supervisory Authority, with which citizens could register complaints, investigated economic fraud and corruption on the part of the administration in its dealings with individuals and private-law corporations. The Authority could publish reports and refer any violations of the above-mentioned legislation directly to the judicial authorities. 12. Burkina Faso had made combating corruption a priority, including in the context of its poverty reduction strategy. 13. Every year national days for women, farmers and young people were organized during which there was an opportunity for direct dialogue with the Head of State on their concerns and the implementation of the relevant sectoral policies. 14. The national action plan to reform the justice system 2002-2006 and its consolidation plan had led to the adoption of many measures aimed at improving the living and working conditions of judges and justice system employees. 15. Measures had also been adopted to improve prison conditions: new prisons and reform institutions had been built; psychological counselling, literacy training, sentencing reform and work opportunities in the prisons had helped facilitate the reintegration of prisoners into society; and Ouagadougou prison had been enlarged to relieve overcrowding. Women and minors were held separately and received special attention in the areas of food, health care and hygiene. Minors were provided with vocational training and social workers in the prisons helped them keep in touch with their families. 16. With a view to reducing violence against inmates, prisoners were provided with brochures in the national languages explaining their rights and obligations. 17. Burkina Faso was considering abolishing the death penalty and no executions had in fact taken place. 18. Steps would be taken to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. 19. As in the past, Burkina Faso would continue to cooperate with the special procedures of the United Nations. 20. Burkina Faso acknowledged that it had not fulfilled all its reporting obligations to treaty bodies. Accordingly, it would make a formal request for technical assistance in creating national mechanisms to draft its reports.