Article 34 RATIFICATION1. This Protocol shall be open for signature and ratification or accession by any State Party to the Charter.2. The instrument of ratification or accession to the present Protocol shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the OAU.3. The Protocol shall come into force thirty days after fifteen instruments of ratification or accession have been deposited.4. For any State Party ratifying or acceding subsequently, the present Protocol shall come into force in respect of that State on the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession.5. The Secretary-General of the OAU shall inform all Member States of the entry into force of the present Protocol.6. At the time of the ratification of this Protocol or any time thereafter, the State shall make adeclaration accepting the competence of the Court to receive cases under article 5 (3) of this Protocol. The Court shall not receive any petition under article 5 (3) involving a State Party which has not made such a declaration.