TREATIES OF NIGERIA

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TREATIES OF NIGERIA BY CATEGORIES

TREATIES RATIFIED BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF NIGERIA

	TITLE OF TREATY	DATE ASSENTED TO
1.	Treaty to Establish the African Union (Ratification and Enforcement) Act 2003	24th December, 2003
2.	Treaty to Establish African Economic Community Relating To Pan-African Parliament (Accession and Jurisdiction) Act, 2004 as amended by the Treaty to Establish African Economic Community Relating To Pan-African Parliament (Accession and Jurisdiction) Amendment Act, 2016	28th, February, 2005
3.	Extradition Treaty Between the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of the Republic of South Africa (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2004	6th January, 2005
4.	Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance on 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	28th February, 2005
5.	International Convention for the safety of Life at Sea (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2004	30th June, 2004
6.	Treaty to Establish Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Ratification and Enforcement), Act, 2005	22nd June, 2005
7.	United Nations Convention on Carriage of Goods by Sea (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2005	17th August, 2005
8.	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 Areas of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Two States (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2005	28th February, 2005
9.	International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2006	22nd December, 2006
10.	International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1971 as Amended (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2006	22nd December, 2006
11.	International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 and 1978 Protocol (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2007	11th April, 2007

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LATEST DOMESTICATED TREATIES AND TREATY BILLS

• HB 243: Treaty to Establish African Economic Community Relating to the Pan-African Parliament (Accession and Jurisdiction) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 [+]
• HB 444: Avoidance of Double Taxation (Between Federal Republic of Nigeria and Spain), Bill, 2016 [+]
• HB 445: Avoidance of Double Taxation (Between Federal Republic of Nigeria and South Korea), Bill, 2016[+]
• HB 443: Avoidance of Double Taxation (Between Federal Republic of Nigeria and Sweden) Bill, 2016 [+]

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NIGERIA AND TREATIES

Nigeria, is a sovereign member of the international community with full competence to enter into legally binding multilateral and bilateral obligations having been admitted as the 99th member of the United Nations on the 7th of October, 1960.

As a nation, Nigeria has signed on to several multilateral agreements at the global and regional levels. Nigeria has also, over the years, entered into several bilateral agreements or reciprocal covenants with individual nations, select nations as well as international or regional bodies.

This corner of LawNigeria.Com is an attempt to provide access to the legal instruments which outline Nigeria’s international obligations. For convenience sake, the treaties have been divided into global multilateral treaties, African/regional mulitlateral treaties – including those entered with fellow West African Countries – and bilateral treaties entered into with single national or international/regional entities. Some national legislations of Nigeria also affect Nigeria’s treaty making and management powers or the recognition or enforcement of specific or select treaties or international custom or conventions in Nigeria. Some of those legislations include:
1. Treaties (Making Procedure, Etc.) Act;
2. International Financial Organisations Act;
3. Consular Conventions Act; and
4. International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes Act.

Some other legislations also exist which guide international relations between the government of Nigeria and local or international legal persons seeking to transact with the country or enforce certain rights. While these may not be treaty provisions, they also form part of the rules which define Nigeria’s standing as a member of the international comity of nations. These rules are found in a broad range of legislations including those regulating commercial, family, and criminal law proceedings.

MULTINATIONAL [BLOC & COOPERATION] TREATIES

Multinational Conventions/Treaties	Date of entry into force	Nigeria’s Date of Ratification or Accession
Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Statute	September, 1960	July, 1971
OPEC Fund for International Development	January 1976	January 1976
Islamic Development Bank Instrument (Declaration of Intent Issued by the Conference of Finance Ministers of Muslim Countries held in Jeddah in Dhul Q’adah 1393H)	December, 1973	NA
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC	1986 (Joined)	NA

GLOBAL TREATIES/CONVENTIONS [FACILITATED BY UNITED NATIONS]

GLOBAL TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS

Title	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

AFRICAN TREATIES OR CONVENTIONS [FACILITATED BY AU OR 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

LAWS OF LAGOS STATE OF NIGERIA

Alphabetical	Years	Subject Areas	Court Rules
A- C	G – K	M – I	R – T
D – F	L – L	P – P	U – Z
2020-’23	2015-’11	2007-’03	Repealed
2019-’15	2011-’07	2003-’99	Latest