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INTERNATIONAL LAWS & POLICIES CONNECTED WITH NIGERIAN CHILDREN

INTERNATIONAL LAW INSTRUMENTS CONNECTED WITH NIGERIAN WOMEN & CHILDREN

WOMEN AND HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS

Title of Instrument  Signature  Ratification  Accession  Succession  Entry into Force
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 23 Apr 1984 13 Jun 1985
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 8 Sep 2000
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 13 Dec 2000 28 Jun 2001
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Preamble, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 13 Dec 2000 28 Jun 2001
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 13 Dec 2000  27 Sep 2001

RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

Title of Instrument  Signature  Ratification  Accession  Succession  Entry into Force
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jun 1990 19 Apr 1991
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts 8 Sep 2000 25 Sep 2012
Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour 2 Oct 2002

FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION

Title of Instrument  Signature  Ratification  Accession  Succession  Entry into Force
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention 17 Oct 1960
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention 17 Oct 1960

EMPLOYMENT AND FORCED LABOUR

Title of Instruments  Signature  Ratification  Accession  Succession  Entry into Force
Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour 17 Oct 1960
Equal Remuneration Convention 8 May 1974
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention 17 Oct 1960
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention 2 Oct 2002
Employment Policy Convention Not signed
Convention concerning Occupational Safety and Health and the Working Environment Not signed
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Not signed

EDUCATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Title of Instruments  Signature  Ratification  Accession  Succession  Entry into Force
Convention against Discrimination in Education Ratified

REFUGEES AND ASYLUM

Title of Instruments  Signature  Ratification  Accession  Succession  Entry into Force
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 23 Oct 1967
Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees 2 May 1968

NATIONALITY, STATELESSNESS, AND THE RIGHTS OF ALIENS

Title of Instruments Signature Ratification  Accession Succession Entry into Force
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 20 Sep 2011
Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons Not signed

WARS, WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, GENOCIDE, AND TERRORISM

Title of Instrument  Signature  Ratification  Accession  Succession  Entry into Force
Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity 1 Dec 1970
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 27 Jul 2009
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1 Jun 2000 27 Sep 2001
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field 20 Jul 1961 (rat/acced)
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea 20 Jul 1961 (rat/acced)
Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 20 Jul 1961 (rat/acced)
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 10 Oct 1988 (rat/acced)
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) 10 Oct 1988 (rat/acced)
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims on Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II) 10 Oct 1988 (rat/acced)

TERRORISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Title of Instruments  Signature  Ratification  Accession  Succession  Entry into Force
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages 24 Sep 2013
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombing 24 Sep 2013
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 1 Jun 2000 16 Jun 2003
International Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft 3 Jul 1973
International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against International Protected Persons 25 Sep 2012

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