TREATIES RATIFIED BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF NIGERIA

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In accordance with the Treaties (Making Procedure, Etc.) Act, the following Treaties has been ratified and domesticated by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as required under the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

	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	28^th, 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	6^th 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	28^th February, 2005
5.	International Convention for the safety of Life at Sea (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2004	30^th 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	22^nd June, 2005
7.	United Nations Convention on Carriage of Goods by Sea (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2005	17^th 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	28^th February, 2005
9.	International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2006	22^nd 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	22^nd December, 2006
11.	International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 and 1978 Protocol (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2007	11^th April, 2007