Democracy and Political Governance Chapter 3 Table 3.3: Regional human rights instruments Treaty Date of signature by Mauritius Date of Remarks ratification or accession by Mauritius African Charter on Human and People’s Rights 27 February 1992 19 June 1992 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 7 November 1991 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and People’s Rights 9 June 1998 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 29 January 2005 14 February 1992 Mauritius has been asked to submit a fresh report that considers the guidelines of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the requirements of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. 3 March 2003 Source: CRM Table 3.4: International humanitarian laws and standards signed by Mauritius Instrument Date signed, acceded to or succeeded Domestic legislation enacted The four Geneva Conventions and their Protocols Succeeded on 18 August 1970. Geneva Conventions Act of 1970 The 1977 Protocols I and II Acceded to on 22 March Geneva Conventions 1982. Amendment Act of 2003 Chapter 3 Democracy and Political Governance Instrument Date signed, acceded to or succeeded Domestic legislation enacted Convention on the Prohibition of the Development and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention) Signed on 10 April 1972. Ratified on 7 August 1972. Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Act of 2004 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (the Chemical Weapons Convention) Ratified on 9 February 1993. Chemical Weapons Convention Act of 2003 The Convention on Prohibitions Acceded to on 6 May or Restrictions on the Use of 1996. Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (and the following four protocols serving as supplements to the Convention) Mauritius is considering a draft bill. The 1980 Protocol on NonDetectable Fragments (Protocol I) Acceded to on 6 May 1996. Mauritius is considering a draft bill. The 1980 Protocol on Prohibitions Acceded to on 6 May and Restrictions on the Use of 1996. Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II) Mauritius is considering a draft bill. The 1980 Protocol on Prohibitions Acceded to on 6 May or Restrictions on the Use of 1996. Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III) Mauritius is considering a draft bill. The 1995 Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV) Acceded to on 6 May 1996. Mauritius is considering a draft bill. The Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction Acceded to on 24 December 2002. Anti-Personnel Mines (Prohibition) Act of 2001 The 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Signed in June 1998. Ratified on 5 March 2002. Draft bill being finalised. The 2000 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict Signed on 11 November Mauritius is 2001. considering a draft Ratified on 12 February amendment bill. 2006. The Convention for the Protection Ratified on 22 of Cultural Property in the Event December 2006. of Armed Conflict Mauritius is considering a draft amendment bill. Source: CRM 78 79