Table 3.2: AU Treaties and Protocols Pending Ratification as at June 2008 No 1 2 Name of the Treaty/ Protocol Status Additional Protocol to the OAU Convention General Convention on Privileges and Immunities, 1980 Phyto-Sanitary Convention for Africa, 1967 Not signed Remarks/Responsible Institution Responsible Ministry is Foreign Affairs Not signed 3 Constitution of the Association of African Trade Promotion Organizations, 1974 Not signed 4 Inter- African Convention on Establishing an African Technical Co-operation Programme, 1975 Signed on 10/08/2009 5 Agreement for the Establishment of the African Rehabilitation Institute, (ARI), 1985 Not signed 6 Convention for the Establishment of the African Centre for Fertilizer Development, 1985 Not signed 7 African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, (Revised Version), 2003 Signed 2003 8 Protocol to the African Union Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, 2004 Signed 2005 9 The African Union Non-Aggression and Common Defence Pact, 2005  10 African Youth Charter, 2007 11 African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, 2007  Not signed Signed 2008 Not signed Ministry of Industry and Trade is in the process of signing and ratification Cross-cutting. We suggest MFAIC should take the initiative to sign and ratify Responsible Ministry not yet identified Ministry of Agriculture to commence procedures to sign and ratify Ministry of Natural Resources to commence procedures to ratify this Agreement Process for ratification underway MFAIC has reminded Defence to act on this Instrument We recommend that procedures towards its ratification should commence. Process for signing and retification underway Source: Legal Affairs Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, March 2012 108. The CRM received no updated information on the status of ratified instruments with respect to the remaining steps in the process of incorporation into national law. Under its dual legal system, Tanzania must domesticate binding instruments if they are to be enforceable at national level. While the country has been slow to domesticate them, some provisions of these instruments were incorporated into national law, with several modifications. Some of the recently enacted laws are found not to be in alignment with the minimum standards in international and regional instruments, namely: the NGOs Act, the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and the Proceeds of Crime Act. The domestication of ratified instruments remains the ultimate confirmation of Government commitment to the values and principles it has signed up. 109. The CRM learnt of an institutionalised Government process for domesticating international and regional binding instruments. When an instrument is ratified, the line ministry with that responsibility initiates the process of domestication along with other relevant stakeholders. However, the CRM noted with concern the fragmented 43

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