ii. INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK 10. Niger has ratified several regional and international legal human rights protection and promotion instruments including the following in particular:  Law No. 2017-22 of 21 April 2017 on the ratification of the Statutes of the Women’s Development Organization in the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC);  Law No. 2017-30 of 3 May 2017 authorizing the support of the Republic of Niger for the Protocol on the Elimination of the Illegal Trade in Tobacco Products adopted on 12 November 2012 at the Fifth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Tobacco Control held in Seoul (Republic of Korea) from 12 to 17 November 2012;  Law No. 2017-40 of 24 May 2017 authorizing the ratification of Additional Protocol A/P/SP1/7/93 supplementing the provisions of Article 7 of the Protocol on the Free Movement of Persons and the Right of Residence and Establishment adopted on 30 June 1989 in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso);  Law No. 2017-42 of 24 May 2017 authorizing the ratification of the Protocol on Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution as well as Peace and Security Mechanism adopted on 10 December 1999 in Lomé (Togo);  Law No. 2017-46 of 24 May 2017 authorizing the ratification of the Bangui Agreement instituting an African Intellectual Property Organization – Act of 14 December 2015 in Bamako (Republic of Mali);  ILO Convention No. 144 on the Tripartite Consultations on International Labour Standards ratified by Niger on 15 March 2018;  Law No. 2018-13 of 12 April 2018 authorizing the ratification of the amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on the Crime of Aggression adopted on 10 June 2010 in Kampala (Uganda);  Law No. 2018-30 of 16 May 2018 authorizing the ratification of the Agreement on the Establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) adopted on 21 March 2018 in Kigali (Rwanda) by the Heads of State and Government of the African Union;  Law No. 2018-33 of 24 May 2018 authorizing the accession of Niger to the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption;  Law No. 2018-34 of 24 May 2018 authorizing the ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on the Ozone-Depleting Substances;  ILO Convention 122 on Employment Policy, ratified by Niger on 6 June 2018;  Law No. 2019-04 of 6 May 2019 authorizing the accession of the Republic of Niger to the Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity adopted on 26 November 1968 in New York, United States;  Law No. 2019-14 of 13 May 2019 authorizing the ratification of the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Public Service and Administration adopted on 31 January 2011 in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) on the sidelines of the 15th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), and  Convention No. 183 on the protection of motherhood ratified by Niger on 10 June 2019. B. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 11. The Republic of Niger is a unitary State where the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary coexist and discharge their respective missions in accordance with the principle of the separation 12