African
Union
Members of their Families (1990)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the
Rights of the Child on the involvement of
Children in Armed Conflict (2000)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the
Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children,
Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
(2000)
Convention Relating to the Status of
Refugees (1951)
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
(1967)
The Geneva Conventions of 1949
Protocol Additional to the Geneva
Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating
to the Protection of Victims of International
Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977
Protocol Additional to the Geneva
Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating
to the Protection of Victims of NonInternational Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 8
June 1977
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of
All Migrant Workers and Members of their
Families and Members of their Families
(1990)
The African Charter on Human and Peoples
Rights (1981)
African Charter on the Rights and welfare of
the Child (1990)
Protocol to the African Charter on Human
and Peoples‟ Rights of women in Africa
(2003)
OAU Refugee Convention of 1969
Protocol to the AU Convention on the
Prevention and Combating of Terrorism
African Union Convention for the Protection
and Assistance of Internally Displaced
Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention)
(2009)
The African Charter on Democracy, Elections
and Governance (2007)
African Convention on the Conservation of
Nature and Natural Resources (1968)
Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import
into Africa and Control of Trans-boundary
Movement and Management of Hazardous
Wastes within Africa (1991)
Charter for the Public service in Africa
(2001)
African Youth Charter (2006)
African Charter on Statistics (2009)
African Charter for Popular Participation in
Development and Transformation (1990)
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