Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (CRC-OP-SC) 11-Nov-01 14 June 2011 (r) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (CRC-OP-AC) 11-Nov-01 12 February 2009 (r) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 25-Sep-07 08 January 2010 (r) (CRPD) Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Table 2: Other Multilateral Treaties Treaty Date of signature Date of ratification (r)/ accession (a) United Nations Convention against Transnational 12-Dec-00 18 April 2003 (r) Organized Crime Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and 24 September 2003 (a) Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of 23 March 1993 (a) International Child Abduction Convention for the protection of individuals with regards to automatic processing of personal data 17 June 2016 (a) (European Treaty 108) Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Table 3: Regional Human Rights Instruments Treaty Date of signature 27-Feb-92 Date of ratification (r)/ accession (a) 19 June 1992 (r) African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the 07-Nov-91 14 February 1992 (r) Child Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an 09-Jun-98 03 March 2003 (r) African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Protocol to the African Charter on Human and 29-Jan-05 16 June 2017 (r) Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade 16