TREATIES OF NIGERIA (MULTILATERAL)

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MULTILATERAL TREATIES CONNECTED WITH NIGERIA

NIGERIA AND GLOBAL TREATIES/CONVENTIONS

Nigeria has acceded to or signed and then ratified/domesticated several multilateral or multinational treaties facilitated by the United Nations, UN or international agencies connected with the UN. This category is distinguishable from treaties facilitated by regional bodies like the African Union, AU, Economic Community of West African States and other multinational cooperation platforms like Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC.

Following is a list of such international treaties (global) signed/ratified or domesticated by Nigeria.

DOMESTICATED GLOBAL MULTILATERAL TREATIES/CONVENTIONS

	Title	Year
	Geneva Conventions Act
	International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution	2006
	International Convention on Civil Liability for oil Pollution Damage (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 1992	2006
	International Convention for the Prevention Of Pollution From Ships, 1973 and 1978 Protocol (Ratification and Enforcement) Act
	United Nations Convention on Carriage of Goods by Sea (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2005	2005
	Treaty to establish Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazards	2005
	International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2004	2004

GLOBAL MULTILATERAL CONVENTIONS

Global Multilateral Convention/Treaty	Date of entry into force	Nigeria’s Date of Ratification or Accession
UNITED NATIONS CHARTER
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention		1960
Basel Convention on the control of Tran boundary movement of Hazardous wastes and their Disposal		1991
Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety		2003
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty CTBT		2001
Convention Against Torture & other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)		2001
Convention on Biological Diversity		1992
Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour		1960
Convention concerning minimum age for admission to Employment		2002
Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the worst forms of Child Labour		2002
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)		1985
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and Flora		1974
Conventions on Nuclear Proliferation Treaty, NPT		1968
Convention on Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and use of Chemical Weapons and their Destruction		1999
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees		1967
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)		1991
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons & Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others		2003
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention		2002
Equal Remuneration Convention		1974
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise		1960
Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of war		1988
Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War		1961
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD);		1969
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of terrorism		2003
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CPPR)		1993
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)		1993
International Convention on The Establishment of An International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage		1971
International Convention for The Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973
International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change		2004
Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone layer		1988
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW-OP)		2000
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (CRC-OP-AC)		2000
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (CRC-OP-SC)		2000
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime		2001
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress & Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women & Children, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Preamble, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime		2001
Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees 1967		1968
Right to organise and collective bargaining		1960
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court		2001
Stockholm Convention Against Persistent Organic Pollutants		2004
United Nations Convention against Corruption		2004
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic drugs and Psychotropic Substances		1981
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime		2001
United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances		1981
United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs		1969
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer