Benin report - Institut Africain de la Gouvernance

CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE__________________________________________________________________________Protocol III to the 1980 Convention onIncendiary Weapons2 December 1983 27 March 198910 October 1990Ottawa Treaty on the Banning of Anti-personalMines1 May 1999 21 September 199816 September 1997108. The status of ratification by Benin of treaties/conventions, of which thecommission is a depositary, is as follows:Table 3.5: AUTitle, date and venue of adoptionDate of coming intoforceDate of submissionof ratificationinstruments byBeninAfrican Union Convention Governing theSpecific Aspects of Refugee Problems inAfrica: 10 September 1969, Addis Ababa,Ethiopia20 June 1974 12 March 1973African Union Convention for theElimination of Mercenaries in Africa: 3 July1977, Libreville22 April 1985 3 May 1982Cultural Charter for Africa: 5 July 1976, PortLouis (Mauritius)19 September 1990 19 February 1982African Charter on Human and People‟sRights: June 1981, Nairobi21 October 1986 25 February 1986Treaty establishing the African EconomicCommunity: 3 June 1991, Abuja12 May 1994 31 May 1999African Charter on the Rights and Welfareof the Child: Adopted in July in AddisAbaba29 November 1999 30 May 1997African Union Constituent Act: 11 July2000, Lome26 May 2001 11 July 200166