14 ARTICLE 26 Entry into Force 1. This Protocol shall enter into force thirty (30) days after the deposit of the fifteenth (15) instrument of ratification. 2. For a State Party that accedes to this Protocol after it comes into force, the provisions of the Protocol shall take effect for that State thirty (30) days after the date of deposit of the instrument of accession. 3. The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union shall notify all Member States of the entry into force of this Protocol within fifteen (15) days. ARTICLE 27 Status of the present protocol None of the provisions of the present Protocol shall affect more favourable provisions for the realization of the right to a nationality and the eradication of statelessness contained in the national law of States parties or in any other regional, continental or international conventions treaties or agreements applicable in these States Parties. ARTICLE 28 Amendment and Revision 1. Any State Party may submit proposals for the amendment or revision of this Protocol. 2. Proposals for amendment or revision shall be submitted, in writing, to the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union who shall transmit the same to the States Parties, to the African Commission and to the African Union Commission on International Law within thirty (30) days of receipt thereof for their advisory opinion. 3. The Assembly, upon advice of the Executive Council, shall examine these proposals through the existing mechanisms of the African Union, within a period of one year following notification of States Parties under paragraph 2 of this article. 4. The Assembly may adopt amendments or revisions according to its rules of procedure. 5. The amendment shall come into force for a State Party that has accepted it thirty (30) days after the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union has received notice of the acceptance.