They centre on extradition of fugitives between the two countries, mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and the statute of the International Criminal Court.
It also ratified the United Nations protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and the UN convention against torture, degrading and inhuman treatment or punishment.
Thousands of Nigerians are trafficked abroad annually to engage in menial jobs and prostitution.
Also yesterday, the House of Representatives and the Senate approved emergency regulations for President Olusegun Obasanjo to be applied in the central Plateau State.
Obasanjo declared a state of emergency in Plateau on May 18 to check killings resulting from intermittent ethnic and religious crises in the state.
Part of the regulations would empower him to detain troublemakers, control the possession and use of firearms and explosives and also impose curfews.
Others would be to regulate processions and meetings and to restrict movement of persons. - Sapa-DPA
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