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OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism
- Published
- Commenced on 6 December 2002
- [This is the version of this document at 1 July 1999.]
Part I – Scope of application
Article 1
For the purposes of this Convention:Article 2
States Parties undertake to:Article 3
Part II – Areas of cooperation
Article 4
Article 5
States Parties shall co-operate among themselves in preventing and combating terrorist acts in conformity with national legislation and procedures of each State in the following areas:Part III – State jurisdiction
Article 6
Article 7
Part IV – Extradition
Article 8
Article 9
Each State Party undertakes to include as an extraditable offence any terrorist act as defined in Article 1, in any extradition treaty existing between any of the States Parties before or after the entry into force of this Convention.Article 10
Exchange of extradition requests between the States Parties to this Convention shall be effected directly either through diplomatic channels or other appropriate organs in the concerned States.Article 11
Extradition requests shall be in writing, and shall be accompanied in particular by the following:Article 12
In urgent cases, the competent authority of the State making the extradition may, in writing, request that the State seized of the extradition request arrest the person in question provisionally. Such provisional arrest shall be for a reasonable period in accordance with the national law of the requested State.Article 13
Part V – Extra-territorial investigations (commission rogatoire) and mutual legal assistance
Article 14
Article 15
A commission rogatoire may be refused:Article 16
The extra-territorial investigation (commission rogatoire) shall be executed in compliance with the provisions of national laws of the requested State. The request for an extra-territorial investigation (commission rogatoire) relating to a terrorist act shall not be rejected on the grounds of the principle of confidentiality of bank operations or financial institutions, where applicable.Article 17
The States Parties shall extend to each other the best possible mutual police and judicial assistance for any investigation, criminal prosecution or extradition proceedings relating to the terrorist acts as set forth in this Convention.Article 18
The States Parties undertake to develop, if necessary, especially by concluding bilateral and multilateral agreements and arrangements, mutual legal assistance procedures aimed at facilitating and speeding up investigations and collecting evidence, as well as cooperation between law enforcement agencies in order to detect and prevent terrorist acts.Part VI – Final provisions
Article 19
Article 20
Article 21
Article 22
Article 23
The original of this Convention, of which the Arabic, English, French and Portuguese texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity.History of this document
06 December 2002
Commenced
01 July 1999 this version
Consolidation
Last updated: 2017-06-15
Country 55 | Signature Date 50 | Ratification Date 43 | Deposit Date 43 |
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Algeria | 1999-07-14 | 2000-09-16 | 2000-11-03 |
Angola | 1999-08-26 | 1999-08-20 | 2001-12-17 |
Benin | 1999-07-14 | 2004-03-01 | 2004-03-26 |
Botswana | 1999-07-14 | ||
Burkina Faso | 2001-12-18 | 2003-06-23 | 2003-07-25 |
Burundi | 1999-07-14 | 2003-11-04 | 2003-12-18 |
Cabo Verde | 2002-05-03 | 2002-06-26 | |
Cameroon | 2002-03-13 | 2015-04-06 | 2017-05-24 |
Central African Republic | 2003-02-04 | ||
Chad | 1999-07-14 | 2007-09-03 | 2007-10-01 |
Comoros | 1999-07-14 | 2002-09-13 | 2002-09-14 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1999-09-09 | ||
Djibouti | 2003-02-26 | 2004-05-16 | 2004-07-19 |
Egypt | 1999-07-14 | 2001-02-08 | 2001-03-19 |
Equatorial Guinea | 1999-07-14 | 2002-12-20 | 2003-02-19 |
Eritrea | 1999-07-14 | 1999-12-22 | 2000-02-09 |
Eswatini | 1999-07-14 | ||
Ethiopia | 1999-09-24 | 2003-02-24 | 2003-03-05 |
Gabon | 1999-07-14 | 2005-02-25 | 2005-03-31 |
Gambia | 1999-07-14 | 2009-04-30 | 2009-07-09 |
Ghana | 1999-07-14 | 2002-08-30 | 2002-11-06 |
Guinea | 2002-06-19 | 2003-06-20 | 2003-07-10 |
Guinea-Bissau | 1999-07-14 | 2008-07-31 | 2008-10-14 |
Ivory Coast | 1999-07-14 | ||
Kenya | 2001-12-10 | 2001-11-28 | 2001-12-10 |
Lesotho | 1999-07-14 | 2002-03-06 | 2002-03-14 |
Liberia | 2003-12-16 | 2014-02-23 | 2017-03-07 |
Libya | 1999-07-14 | 2002-01-16 | 2002-02-20 |
Madagascar | 1999-07-14 | 2003-09-12 | 2003-12-23 |
Malawi | 2003-06-23 | 2003-07-04 | |
Mali | 1999-07-14 | 2002-03-11 | 2002-04-09 |
Mauritania | 1999-07-14 | 2004-03-03 | 2004-03-25 |
Mauritius | 2003-01-27 | 2003-02-21 | |
Morocco | |||
Mozambique | 1999-07-14 | 2002-10-21 | 2003-01-03 |
Namibia | 1999-07-14 | 2012-10-11 | 2012-10-17 |
Niger | 2001-12-10 | 2004-09-14 | 2005-01-13 |
Nigeria | 2002-04-26 | 2002-04-28 | 2003-05-16 |
Republic of the Congo | 1999-07-14 | 2006-09-08 | 2006-10-10 |
Rwanda | 1999-07-14 | 2002-04-29 | 2002-05-14 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 2010-02-01 | ||
Senegal | 1999-07-14 | 2002-01-21 | 2002-02-07 |
Seychelles | 2003-07-09 | 2003-07-17 | 2003-08-05 |
Sierra Leone | 1999-07-14 | ||
Somalia | 2006-02-23 | ||
South Africa | 1999-07-14 | 2002-11-07 | 2002-11-18 |
South Sudan | 2013-01-24 | ||
Sudan | 1999-07-14 | 2003-04-15 | 2003-06-10 |
Tanzania | 1999-07-14 | 2003-09-03 | 2003-09-23 |
Togo | 1999-07-14 | 2003-01-03 | 2003-02-27 |
Tunisia | 1999-07-14 | 2001-11-13 | 2001-12-27 |
Uganda | 1999-09-02 | 2003-10-17 | 2004-04-20 |
Western Sahara | 1999-07-14 | 2002-01-09 | 2002-03-04 |
Zambia | 2005-08-03 | ||
Zimbabwe |