Togo

Declaration:

In accordance with article 3 (2) of the Optional Protocol, the Government of the Republic of Togo:
(i) Declares that the minimum age at which voluntary recruitment into its national armed forces is permitted is eighteen (18) years;
(ii) The following is a description of the safeguards that the Government has adopted to ensure that such recruitment is not forced or coerced:
Any person under 18 years of age cannot be recruited, neither accepted for recruitment, even voluntarily, nor registered as a member of the Togolese Armed Forces (FAT).
National military service does not exist in Togo.
The recruitment is national, voluntary, conducted in public upon presentation of a birth certificate, a school or training certificate and of diplomas obtained.
All recruits undergo a rigorous medical examination.

Upon signature:

The Government of the Togolese Republic reserves the right to formulate, upon ratifying the Convention, any reservations or declarations which it might consider necessary.

12 April 2019

Declaration under article 287 on the choice of procedure:

Pursuant to article 287, State Parties to this Convention shall be free to choose, by means of a written declaration, one or more of the following means for the settlement of disputes concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention:
a) the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) established in accordance with Annex VI;
b) the International Court of Justice (ICJ);
c) an arbitral tribunal constituted in accordance with Annex VII;
d) a special arbitral tribunal constituted in accordance with Annex VIII for one or more of the categories of disputes specified therein.
For its own reasons, the Republic of Togo, in accordance with the above article, declares that it chooses the following means for the settlement of disputes concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention, without however specifying that one prevails over the other:
i. the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea;
ii. the International Court of Justice.
Declaration under article 298 on the optional exceptions to applicability of section 2:

Pursuant to article 298 of this Convention, a State Party may, without prejudice to the obligations arising under section 1, declare in writing that it does not accept any one or more of the procedures provided for in section 2.
For its part, the Republic of Togo, declares that it doesn’t accept any of the procedures provided for in section 2 of part XV with respect to the categories of disputes under paragraph 1, subparagraphs (b) and (c), of the said article, concerning respectively military activities and disputes in respect of which the Security Council of the United Nations is exercising its functions.

Declaration:

... in accordance with the provisions of Article 8, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the Togolese Republic retains the right to deprive a person of the Togolese nationality, in application of Togolese legislation relating to Togolese nationality, in particular for the following reasons:
- if the person who has acquired Togolese nationality engages in activities prejudicial to the interests of Togo;
- if the person who has acquired Togolese nationality has been sentenced, for an act qualified as a crime under Togolese law, to more than five years of imprisonment without parole.