• First year following title of treaty indicates the year of adoption
• Second year following the title of treaty indicates the year it entered into force
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TREATIES - TABLE OF CONTENTS

Constitutive Act of the African Union (2000/2001)

African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (OAU, 1968/69)

African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised Version) (2003/ )

OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa (OAU, 1969/74)

Cultural Charter for Africa (1976/90)

Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa (OAU, 1977/85)

African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (1981/86)

Convention on the Ban of the Import Into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes Within Africa (OAU, 1991/98)

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (1998/2004)

African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (1990/99)

OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism (1999/2002)

Protocol on the Pan-African Parliament (2001/2003)

Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (2002/2003)

Protocol on the African Court of Justice (2003/2005)

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2003/2005)

African Youth Charter (2006/2009)

African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2003/2006)

African Union Non-Aggression and Common Defence Pact (2005/ )

African Charter On Democracy, Elections And Governance (2007/)

African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (2009/)