BENIN - Treaties

Signed on In force on Title
26 March 1892 26 March 1892 Treaty with King of Benin
2 August 1894 2 August 1894 Treaty Between Great Britain and the Chiefs of Benin River and Jakeri Country
18 October 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes
28 November 1919 13 June 1921 Convention concerning the Employment of Women during the Night [ILO No.4]
28 November 1919 13 July 1921 Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Industrial Employment [ILO No.5]
17 June 1925 8 February 1928 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare
12 October 1929 13 February 1933 International Convention for the Unification of certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air
28 June 1930 1 May 1932 Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (ILO Convention No.29)
11 October 1933 24 August 1934 Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Women of Full Age
19 June 1934 22 November 1936 Convention concerning Employment of Women during the Night (revised)
7 December 1944 4 April 1947 Convention on International Civil Aviation
6 March 1948 17 March 1958 Convention on the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization [with Appendices]
9 July 1948 4 July 1950 Freedom of Association and Protection of the right to organise Convention, 1948 [ILO No.87]
1 November 1948 4 January 1949 International Rice Commission Constitution approved by the Conference of the Food and Agricuture Organisation of the United Nations
12 August 1949 21 October 1950 Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
12 August 1949 21 October 1950 Convention relative to the Protection of Civilians in Time of War
21 March 1950 Final Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of others
15 December 1950 4 November 1952 Convention Establishing a Customs Co-operation Council
29 June 1951 23 May 1953 International Labour Convention No.100 concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation at its Thirty-fourth Session Geneva, 29 June 1951 [ILO No. 100]
10 May 1952 14 September 1955 International Convention on Certain Rules concerning Civil Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision
10 May 1952 24 February 1956 International Convention for the Unification of Certain rules relating to the Arrest of Sea-going Ships
14 May 1954 7 August 1956 Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
14 May 1954 7 August 1956 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
28 September 1954 6 June 1960 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
25 May 1955 20 July 1956 Articles of Agreement of the International Finance Corporation
26 October 1956 29 July 1957 Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency [with Annex]
10 June 1958 7 June 1959 Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
14 December 1960 22 May 1962 Convention against Discrimination in Education adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation at its Eleventh Session
30 March 1961 13 December 1964 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
30 August 1961 13 December 1975 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
24 April 1963 19 March 1967 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations with Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes and Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality ( This record is for the Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes)
24 April 1963 19 March 1967 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations with Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes and Optional Protocol concerning Acquisition of Nationality
18 March 1965 14 October 1966 Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States
9 April 1965 5 March 1967 Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic
7 March 1966 4 January 1969 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
5 April 1966 21 July 1968 International Convention on Load Lines, 1966
14 May 1966 21 March 1969 International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, done at Rio de Janeiro on 14 May 1966
19 December 1966 3 January 1976 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
19 December 1966 23 March 1976 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
19 December 1966 23 March 1976 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
27 January 1967 10 October 1967 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies [London version]
27 January 1967 10 October 1967 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies [Washington version]
27 January 1967 10 October 1967 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies [Moscow version]
31 January 1967 4 October 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
14 July 1967 26 April 1970 Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
14 July 1967 International Convention further revising the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 20 March 1883
11 June 1968 5 September 1969 Customs Convention on the temporary Importation of Scientific Equipment
23 June 1969 18 July 1982 International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969
14 November 1969 1 July 1971 Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union (with Declarations, General Regulations, Final Protocol and Rules of Procedure of Congresses)
29 November 1969 6 May 1975 International Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties
29 November 1969 19 June 1975 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
28 February 1975 1 April 1976 ACP-EEC Convention of Lome and Agreement on Products within the Province of the European Coal and Steel Community (with related documents)
31 January 1976 1 August 1977 International Coffee Agreement 1976
14 June 1930 Convention Concerning the Creation of Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (ILO No.26)
7 April 1950 Convention concerning the Organisation of Labour Inspection in Industry and Commerce [ILO No.81]
24 September 1952 ILO Convention No.95 concerning Protection of Wages
15 June 1960 Convention concerning Discrimination in respect of Employment and Occupation (ILO Convention No.111), with Recommendation
30 June 1973 International Labour Convention No. 135 Concerning Protection and Facilities to be afforded to the Workers' Representatives in the Undertaking, adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation at its Fifty-Sixth Session [ILO No.135]
2 January 1975 Statutes of the World Tourism Organisation (WTO)
8 August 1975 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the Protocol of 25 March 1972 amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
3 February 1977 Resolution of the Twenty-Sixth World Health Assembly amending Articles 34 and 55 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, adopted on 22 May 1973.
16 June 1978 International Labour Convention No.144 concerning Tripartite Consultations to promote the Implementation of International Labour Standards adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation at its Sixty-first Session [ILO No.144]
7 May 1982 Agreement establishing the African Development Bank, done at Khartoum on 4 August 1963, as amended by Resolution 05-79 adopted by the Board of Governors on 17 May 1979
1 October 1982 Resolution to extend the International Coffee Agreement 1976 [Resolution No.318]
24 April 1988 International Labour Convention No. 160, concerning Labour Statistics (Adopted by the Conference at its Seventy-First Session)
1 October 1989 Resolution to extend the International Coffee Agreement, 1983 [Resolution No 347 adopted by the International Coffee Council at its 53rd session]
2 September 1990 Convention on the Rights of the Child
11 July 1991 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty
10 August 1992 Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at Montreal on 16 September 1987 [LONDON 1990]
1 May 1994 Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar, 2 February 1971, as amended by the Paris Protocol of 3 December 1982, with amendments to Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention adopted at the Extraordinary Conference of the Contracting Parties at Regina, Canada, 28 May to 3 June 1987
1 January 1996 Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union with Instruments amending the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union, Decisions, Resolutions and Recommendations
19 November 2000 The prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of Child Labour Convention (ILO 182)
22 December 2000 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women
15 June 2001 Amendments to Articles 24 and 25 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization
1 July 2002 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
24 April 2003 Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas
4 November 2003 Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air
24 February 2004 Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
17 May 2004 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
22 June 2006 Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
15 June 2007 International Health Regulations 2005 Adopted by the fifty-eighth World Health Assembly
7 July 2007 International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
23 December 2010 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
7 December 2011 International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006
25 September 2018 Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
Convention concerning Workmen's Compensation for Occupational Diseases [ILO No.18]
Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, concluded at Basel on 22 March 1989
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty with Annexes and Protocol
Resolution to further extend the International Coffee Agreement, 1983 (Resolution No 352 adopted by the International Coffee Council at its Seventh Plenary Meeting)
Agreement amending for the second time the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member states, of the other part, signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 as first revised in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005