OAU/AU Treaties, Conventions, Protocols & Charters

Key Program Areas

Category

Treaty	Date of Adoption	Date entry into force	Date of last update	Status List
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights	June 01, 1981	October 21, 1986	May 19, 2016	Status List	Human Rights Treaties
Agreement for the Establishment of the African Rehabilitation Institute (ARI)	July 17, 1985	December 02, 1991	June 10, 2016	Status List	Human Rights Treaties
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child	July 01, 1990	November 29, 1999	June 27, 2019	Status List	Human Rights Treaties
Protocol to the African Charter on Human And Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights	June 10, 1998	January 25, 2004	February 08, 2016	Status List	Human Rights Treaties
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa	July 01, 2003	November 25, 2005	September 17, 2019	Status List	Human Rights Treaties
Protocol of the Court of Justice of the African Union	July 01, 2003	February 11, 2009	May 11, 2020	Status List	Human Rights Treaties
Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights	July 01, 2008		May 11, 2020	Status List	Human Rights Treaties
Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights	June 27, 2014		April 02, 2019	Status List	Human Rights Treaties
Statute on the Establishment of Legal Aid Fund for the African Union Human Rights Organs	January 30, 2016				Human Rights Treaties
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa	January 29, 2018		June 17, 2020	Status List	Human Rights Treaties
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Relating to the Specific Aspects of the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa	February 18, 2024				Human Rights Treaties