African Union

OAU/AU Treaties, Conventions, Protocols, Charters	Status List of Treaties, Conventions, Protocols and Charters	*Date of Adoption*	*Date Entry into force*	*Date of last signature/ratification*
Constitutive Act of the African Union Lome, Togo 11 July 2000	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	11/07/2000	26/05/2001	07/07/2003
OAU Charter, Addis Ababa, 25 May 1963 Abrogated & replaced by the Constituive Act
General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Organization of African Unity Accra, Ghana, 25 October 1965	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Adhered	25/10/1965	25/10/1965	02/02/2010
Additional Protocol to the OAU General Convention on Privileges and immunities Freetown, Sierra Leone, June 1980	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	June 1980		06/01/2009
Phyto-Sanitary Convention for Africa Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 13 September 1967	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	13/09/1967		06/10/1992
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Algiers, Algeria, 15 September 1968	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Adhered	15/09/1968	16/06/1969	02/02/2010
African Civil Aviation Commission Constitution Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,17 January 1969	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Adhered	17/01/1969	15/03/1972	13/05/2010
AU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10 September 1969	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	10/09/1969	20/06/1974	01/02/2010
Constitution of the Association of African Trade Promotion Organizations Addis Ababa,Ethiopa, 18 January 1974	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	18/01/1974		01/02/2010
Inter-African Convention Establishing an African Technical Co-operation Programme Kampala, Uganda, 18 August 1975	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	01/08/1975		01/02/2010
Convention for the Elimination of Mercenariism in Africa, Libreville, Gabon, 3 July 1977	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	03/07/1977	22/04/1985	01/02/2010
Cultural Charter for Africa Port Louis, Mauritius, 5 July 1976	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	05/07/1976	19/09/1990	26/09/2007
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights Nairobi, Kenya, June 1981	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Adhered	June 1981	21/10/1986	30/08/2005
Agreement for the Establishment of the African Rehabilitation Institute (ARI) Addis Ababa,Ethiopia , July 1985	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	17 July 1985	02/12/1991	13/04/2010
Convention for the Establishment of the African Centre for Fertilizer Development Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 1985	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	July 1985		01/02/2010
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 1990	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	July 1990	29/11/1999	02/02/2010
Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa, Bamako,Mali, 30 January 1991	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	January 1991	22/04/1998	02/02/2010
Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community, Abuja, Nigeria, 3 June 1991	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	03/06/1991	12/05/1994	16/11/2007
African Maritime Transport Charter Tunis, Tunisia, June 1994	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	11/06/1994		01/02/2010
The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty(Pelindaba Treaty) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 1995	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	July 1995	15/07/2009	18/08/2009
Protocol to the African Charter on Human And Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Ouagdougou, Burkina Faso, 10 June 1998	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	10/06/1998	25/01/2004	01/02/2010
OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism Algiers, Algeria, 14 July 1999	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	July 1999	06/12/2002	01/02/2010
Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community Relating to the Pan-African Parliament Sirte,Libya,2 March 2001	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	02/03/2001	14/12/2003	01/02/2010
The Convention of the African Energy Commission Lusaka, Zambia, 11 July 2001	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	11/07/2001	13/12/2006	01/02/2010
Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union Durban, South Africa, 10 July 2002	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	09/10/2002	26/12/2003	28/07/2008
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised Version) Maputo,Mozambique,11 July 2003	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	July 2003		01/02/2010
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa Maputo,Mozambique,11 July 2003	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	July 2003	25/11/2005	22/07/2010
Protocol of the Court of Justice of the African Union Maputo,Mozambique,11 July 2003	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	July 2003	11/02/2009	02/02/2010
Protocol on Amendments to the Constitutive Act of the African Union Maputo,Mozambique,11 July 2003	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	July 2003		02/02/2010
African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption Maputo,Mozambique,11 July 2003	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	July 2003	05/08/2006	01/02/2010
Protocol to the OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 08 July 2004	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	July 2004		02/02/2010
The African Union Non-Aggression and Common Defence Pact Abuja, Nigeria, 31 January 2005	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	January 2005	18/12/2009	23/06/2010
African Youth Charter Adopted by The Seventh Ordinary Session of The Assembly, held In Banjul, The Gambia On 2 nd July 2006	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	2 July 2006	08/08/2009	13/04/2010
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance Adopted by The Eighth Ordinary Session of The Assembly, held In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia On 30th January 2007	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	30 January 2007		09/07/2010
Charter for African Cultural Renaissance Adopted by The Sixth Ordinary Session of the Assembly, held In Khartoum, Sudan, 24 January 2006	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	24 January 2006		11/02/2010
Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights Adopted by the Eleventh Ordinary Session of the Assembly, held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 1st July 2008	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	01 July 2008		04/08/2010
Statute of the African Union Commission on International Law Adopted by the 12th Ordinary Session of the Assembly held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1 - 4 February 2009		04 February 2009	04/02/2009	04/02/2009
African Charter on Statistics Adopted by the twelfth ordinary session of the assembly, held in addis ababa, ethiopia, 4th february 2009	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	04 February 2009		05/08/2010
Protocol on the African Investment Bank Adopted by the twelfth ordinary session of the assembly, held in addis ababa, ethiopia, 4th february 2009	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	30 June 2009		09/04/2010
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) Adopted by the Special Summit of the Union held in Kampala, Uganda 22-23 October 2009	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	23/10/2009		24/06/2010
Constitution for the African Civil Aviation Commission – AFCAC (Revised Version)	List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Acceded	23/10/2009		21/06/2010

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