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	No		No
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 1961	Yes	2005	No
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951	Yes	1963	No
Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, 1954	Yes	2005	Yes
OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, 1969	Yes	1971	No
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, 1967	Yes	1967	No

Other instrument. Sort descending	Party to	Year of accession	Reservation or Declaration
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 2000	Yes	2004	Yes
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 2000	Yes	2003	Yes
Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights, 2008	No		No
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and People's Rights, 1998	Yes	1998	No
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Older Persons in Africa, 2016	No		No
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, 2003	Yes	2005	No
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 1989	No

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