International instruments

Key instrument Sort descending	Party to	Year of accession	Reservation or Declaration
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention), 2009	Yes	2012	No
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 1961	Yes	2016	Yes
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951	Yes	1973	No
Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, 1954	Yes	2016	No
OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, 1969	Yes	1981	No
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, 1967	Yes	1973	No

Other instrument. Sort descending	Party to	Year of accession	Reservation or Declaration
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, 1981	Yes	1982	No
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 1990	Yes	1998	No
African Youth Charter, 2006	Yes	2007	No
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984	Yes	1999	No
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages, 1962	Yes	1964	Yes
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1979	Yes	1985	Yes
Convention on the Nationality of Married Women, 1957	Yes	1973	No
Convention on the Political Rights of Women, 1953	Yes	1974	No
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948	Yes	1974	Yes
Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989	Yes	1990	Yes

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