Nigeria
| Legal Instrument | Signed | Ratified | Deposited | |
| Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa | 16/12/2003 | 16/12/2004 | 18/02/2005 | |
| Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights | 09/06/2004 | 20/05/2004 | 09/06/2004 | |
| African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child | 13/07/1999 | 23/07/2001 | 02/05/2003 | |
| Constitutive Act of the African Union | 08/09/2000 | 29/03/2001 | 26/04/2001 | |
| AU Convention Governing Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa | 10/09/1969 | 23/05/1986 | 24/06/1986 | |
| African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights | 31/08/1982 | 22/06/1983 | 22/07/1983 | |
| African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance | 02/07/2007 | |||
| Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 27/07/2009 | |||
| United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 28/07/1988 | 28/06/2001 |