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Citation

Okoli P (2025) Promoting Treaties in Nigeria and Operationalising the Singapore Convention on Mediation. African Journal of Legal Studies. https://doi.org/10.1163/17087384-12340113

Abstract
In Nigeria, the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (2018) has entered into force. This Convention was incorporated or domesticated by referring to it in the Arbitration and Mediation Act (2023), but statutes are often dedicated to the domestication of treaties. There is no consensus on the most pragmatic way(s) to facilitate Nigerian treaty engagement. This article examines the Nigerian legal regime on treaties and explores the extent to which the regime can be maximised considering the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969). A case is made for a principled basis to underpin the domestication of treaties that facilitate international business, including dispute resolution treaties. This analytical basis should enable legislative flexibility already woven into the overarching legal regime. The article articulates how such flexibility can be used to promote the operationalisation of relevant treaties using the Arbitration and Mediation Act as a paradigm.

Keywords
treaties; international commercial mediation; Singapore Convention; good faith; Vienna Convention; legislative flexibility

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