The Gabonese Republic signs three new AU Treatiesthe Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation (Niamey Convention), the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Older Persons and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa.

05th of July 2019, Niamey, Niger: On the occasion of the 35st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, held from 04 to 05 July 2019, the Gabonese Republic signed the following treaties: the African Union Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation (Niamey Convention), the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Older Persons and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa.

The African Union Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation (Niamey Convention) was adopted in January 2014. To date with the signature of the Gabonese Republic, it has been signed by seventeen countries and ratified by five Member States of the African Union. The Convention will enter into force upon the deposit of the fifteenth ratification.

The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Older Persons was adopted in January 2016. At the current date, the treaty sees twelve signatures and only one ratification, whereby it requires fifteen ratifications for its entry into force.

The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa was adopted in January 2018 and was signed by four countries including the Gabonese Republic.

The signing ceremony took place at the presence of Amb. Dr. Namira Negm, Legal Counsel of the African Union, whose office is the depository of legal instruments and is mandated to ensure the signature, ratification and domestication of the AU instruments.

Further information on the Treaties should be directed to the Office of the Legal Counsel of the African Union Commission.