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AFRICAN MULTILATERAL TREATIES, CONVENTIONS/PROTOCOLS [AFRICAN UNION, (AU) & ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS)]

Convention/Treaty	Date of Adoption	Date of Entry into Force	Date of Signature	Date of Ratification
Additional Protocol to the OAU General Convention on Privileges and Immunities	June 1, 1980	Pending	Pending	Pending
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance	January 30, 2007	Pending	02-07-2007	Pending
African Charter on Human and People’s Rights	June 1, 1981	October 21, 1986	31/08/1982	22/06/1983
African Charter on Rights and Welfare of the Child	July 1, 1990	November 29, 1999	13/07/1999	23/07/2001
African Charter on Values and Principles of Public Services and Administration	January 31, 2011	Pending	28-06-2011	Pending
African Civil Aviation Commission Constitution (Before Revision) (See Revised Version Here)	January 17, 1969	March 15, 1972	17/01/1969	08/12/1969
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Before Review )	September 15, 1968	June 16, 1969	15/09/1968	02/04/1974
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised)
African Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption	July 1, 2003	August 5, 2006	16/12/2003	26/09/2006
African Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty)	April 11, 1996	July 15, 2001	11/04/1996	20/04/2000
African Refugee Convention	Sept. 10 1969	Jan. 20, 1974		1986
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention)	October 23, 2009	Pending	23/10/2009	Pending
African Union Non-Aggression and Common Defence Pact	January 1, 2005	December 18, 2009	02/07/2007	Pending
African Youth Charter	July 2, 2006	August 8, 2009	02/07/2007	21/04/2009
Agreement for the Establishment of the African Rehabilitation Institute, ARI	July 17, 1985	December 2, 1991	Pending	13/05/2002
Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Trans-boundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa	January 1, 1991	May 22, 2008	22/12/2008	Pending
Charter for African Cultural Renaissance	January 24, 2006	Pending	22/12/2008	18/10/2010
Constitution for the African Civil Aviation Commission (Revised Version)	December 16, 2009	May 11, 2010	01/03/2011	Pending
Constitutive Act of the African Civil Aviation Commission	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Constitution of the Association of African Trade Promotion Organizations	January 18, 1974	February 1, 2010	15/10/1974	11/01/1975
Constitutive Act of the African Union	November 7, 2000	May 26, 2001	08/09/2000	29/03/2001
Convention of the African Energy Commission	July 11, 2001	December 13, 2006	Pending	22/10/2004
Convention for the Establishment of the African Centre for Fertilizer Development	July 1, 1985	Pending	24/02/1987	Pending
Cultural Charter for Africa	July 5, 1976	September 19, 1990	Pending	24/09/1986
General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Organization of African Unity	October 25, 1965	October 25, 1965	25/10/1965	21/10/1966
Inter-African Convention Establishing an African Technical Co-operation Programme	August 1, 1975	Pending	Pending	Pending
OAU Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa	July 3, 1977	April 22, 1985	10/02/1978	14/05/1986
OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism	July 1, 1999	December 6, 2002	26/04/2002	28/04/2002
Organization of African Unity Charter	25 May, 1963	Pending	Pending	Pending
Phyto-Sanitary Convention for Africa	September 13, 1967	October 6, 1992	Pending	Pending
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights	June 10, 1998	January 25, 2004	09/06/2004	20/05/2004
Protocol to the African Charter on Human & Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa	July 1, 2003	November 25, 2005	16/12/2003	16/12/2004
Protocol to the African Court of Justice of the African Union	July 1, 2003	February 11, 2009	16/12/2003	Pending
Protocols on the African Investment Bank	June 30, 2009	Pending	Pending	Pending
Protocol on Amendments to the Constitutive Act of the African Union	July 11, 2003	Pending	02/07/2007	Pending
Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union	October 9, 2002	December 26, 2003	09/07/2002	23/12/2003
Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community Relating to the Pan-African Parliament	March 2, 2001	December 14, 2003	08/06/2001	23/12/2003
Revised African Maritime Transport Charter	July 26, 2010	Pending	Pending	Pending
Statute of the African Union Commission on International Law	February 4, 2009	February 4, 2009	Pending	Pending
Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community	June 3, 1991	May 12, 1994	03/06/1991	31/12/1991

BILATERAL TREATIES OF NIGERIA

	Treaty Title	Country	Date of Signing	Date of Entry into Force	Text (Access)
1.	Bakassi Peninsular: The Greentree Agreement Between Cameroon and Nigeria	Cameroun	12 June 2006		Full Text: En
2.	Treaty between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe on the Joint Development of Petroleum and other Resources, in respect of Areas of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Two States, 21 February 2001	Principe and Sao Tome	2005-02-28		Full Text: En
3.	Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Government of the federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of the Republic of South Africa (Ratification and Enforcement) Act 2004	South Africa			Full Text: En
4.	Cooperation Agreement to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons with Emphasis on Trafficking in Women and Children	Benin Republic	9 June 2005
5.	Defense Cooperation Bilateral Agreement between Nigeria and Niger	Niger Republic	August, 2013

NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA: LIST OF BILATERAL AGREEMENTS

	Title of Instruments	Date of Signature	Effective Date [In South Africa)
1.	Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital Gains.	24-08- 2016	2008-07-05
2.	Agreement for the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments.		2005-07-27
3.	Agreement on Co-operation in the Fields of Mining, Geology, Exploration and Beneficiation of Minerals and Energy.		2005-07-27
4.	Agreement on Educational Co-operation	2000-04-29
5.	Agreement on the Establishment of a Bi-National Commission of Cooperation	2000-04-29	2005-07-27
6.	Trade Agreement.	2000-04-29	2005-07-27
7.	Agreement in respect of Police Cooperation.	2001-03-14	2005-07-27
8.	Agreement on Co-operation in the Fields of Arts and Culture.	2001-03-14	2005-07-27
9.	Agreement on Defence Cooperation.	2001-03-14	2001-03-14
10.	Agreement on Institutional Co-operation in the Field of Agriculture.	2001-03-14	2001-03-14
11.	Agreement on Scientific and Technological Co-operation	2001-03-14	2005-07-27
12.	Agreement on Immigration matters		2002-03-28
13.	Extradition Treaty between the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of the Republic of South Africa	2002-03-28	2005-01-06 (Ratification date in Nigeria)
14.	Framework Programme on Cooperation in Science and Technology	2002-03-28	2002-03-28
15.	Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation in the field of Sport and Recreation.	2002-03-28
16.	Memorandum of Understanding on the Prevention of Counterfeiting of Postage Stamps and Meter Impressions as a means of Postage for International Mail.	2002-03-28	2002-03-28
17.	Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Government of the federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of the Republic of South Africa (Ratification and Enforcement) Act 2004		28 February, 2005 (Date of ratification in Nigeria)
18.	Letter of Intent between the Department of Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities of the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria	2009-10-26	2009-10-26

BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES BETWEEN NIGERIA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Partners	Status	Date of signature	Date of entry into force	Text (Access)
Algeria	Signed (not in force)	14/01/2002		Full text: fr
Egypt	Signed (not in force)	20/06/2000		Full text: en
Ethiopia	Signed (not in force)	19/01/2004
Uganda	Signed (not in force)	15/01/2003

BILATERAL DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENTS, DTA BETWEEN NIGERIA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES

	Country	Status	Date of Signature	Date of Entry into Force	Text (Access)
1.	Kenya		September 6, 2013.
2.	Mauritius		August 10, 2012.
3.	South Africa	Comprehensive	29th April, 2000	5th July, 2008   [1st January, 2009] (Effective Date)

BILATERAL IMMIGRATION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN NIGERIA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Title	Partner	Date of entry into force	Text
Cooperation Agreement to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons with Emphasis on Trafficking in Women and Children	Benin Republic	9 June 2005
South Africa – Immigration Agreement between Nigeria and South Africa	28th March 2002		Full text:
South Africa  – Extradition Treaty between the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of the Republic of South Africa	2002-03-28	6th January, 2015

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