OIC Charter 1972 / Revised 2008 (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)

The Charter of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC Charter) is a global supranational meta-framework foundational-OIC-treaty framework adopted by the founding Muslim-majority states in Jeddah — structurally distinctive globally as the only modern Muslim-world supranational binding-treaty fr…

Key Developments

1. 1969

   Al-Aqsa Mosque arson + OIC Rabat Summit

   Al-Aqsa Mosque arson 21 August 1969 by Australian Christian Denis Michael Rohan + OIC Rabat Summit 22-25 September 1969 in Rabat Morocco establishing OIC framework — formal foundational OIC framework operational.

2. 1972

   OIC Charter adopted

   Original OIC Charter signed 4 March 1972 in Jeddah Saudi Arabia — formal foundational original OIC treaty framework adopted.

3. 1987

   OIC International Islamic Court of Justice Statute adopted

   Statute of the International Islamic Court of Justice adopted 29 January 1987 at 5th Islamic Summit Conference Kuwait — formal foundational OIC-Islamic-judicial framework adopted but not operational.

4. 1990

   Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam adopted

   Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam CDHRI adopted 5 August 1990 in Cairo Egypt — formal foundational OIC human-rights framework adopted.

5. 2008

   OIC Revised Charter adopted

   Revised OIC Charter signed 14 March 2008 in Dakar Senegal — formal foundational revised OIC treaty framework adopted.

6. 2011

   OIC renaming + OIC IPHRC established

   OIC renamed from Organisation of the Islamic Conference to Organisation of Islamic Cooperation 28 June 2011 at OIC Council of Foreign Ministers Astana Kazakhstan + OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission IPHRC established 30 June 2011 — formal OIC renaming + IPHRC framework operational.

7. 2012

   Syria suspended from OIC

   Syria suspended from OIC 16 August 2012 over Syrian civil war framework — formal OIC suspension framework operational.

8. 2020

   OIC Declaration on Human Rights adopted

   OIC Declaration on Human Rights adopted 28 November 2020 in Niamey Niger replacing 1990 Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam — formal updated OIC human-rights framework adopted.

9. 2022

   UN International Day to Combat Islamophobia

   UN General Assembly Resolution 76/254 of 15 March 2022 adopting 15 March International Day to Combat Islamophobia following OIC + Pakistan-led framework — formal OIC Islamophobia framework operational.

10. 2023

    OIC Qur'an burning incidents response framework

    OIC response framework to Qur'an burning incidents in Sweden + Denmark 2023 + UN Human Rights Council Resolution 53/1 of 12 July 2023 on combating religious hatred following OIC-led framework — formal OIC religious-hatred response framework.

Structural Findings

• OIC Charter operates a global supranational binding-treaty framework — places OIC Charter in the global supranational-meta-framework cluster.
• Only modern Muslim-world supranational binding-treaty framework operating on formal Muslim-majority-states framework + second-largest international organisation by membership globally after UN framework is structurally distinctive globally — only modern Muslim-world supranational binding-treaty framework + second-largest international organisation by membership globally after UN with 57 member states framework + only modern supranational binding-treaty framework operating formal Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam framework + only modern supranational binding-treaty framework operating formal Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission IPHRC framework + only modern supranational binding-treaty framework operating formal Islamic Solidarity Fund framework + only modern supranational binding-treaty framework operating formal Islamophobia framework adopted 15 March 2022 UN International Day to Combat Islamophobia framework.
• Central jurisdiction of formal OIC Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam framework is structurally distinctive globally — only modern supranational binding-treaty framework operating formal Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam framework + formal Islamic-Sharia-based human-rights framework.
• Central jurisdiction of formal OIC IPHRC framework is structurally distinctive globally — only modern supranational binding-treaty framework operating formal Islamic-Sharia-based human-rights monitoring framework.
• Central jurisdiction of formal OIC International Islamic Court of Justice framework is structurally distinctive globally — only modern supranational binding-treaty framework operating formal Islamic-Court-statute-adopted-but-not-operational framework.
• 57 OIC member state + 5 observer state + 5 observer institution ratification framework is structurally distinctive globally — comprehensive Muslim-majority-states coverage framework.
• 1969 Al-Aqsa arson + OIC Rabat Summit + 1972 OIC Charter + 1987 IICJ Statute + 1990 Cairo Declaration + 2008 Revised Charter + 2011 OIC renaming + IPHRC + 2012 Syria suspended + 2020 OIC Declaration on Human Rights + 2022 UN Islamophobia Day + 2023 Qur'an burning OIC-framework-development sequence is structurally distinctive globally.
• OIC Charter + Revised Charter + Cairo Declaration + OIC Declaration on Human Rights + IPHRC + IICJ Statute formal sextet framework with formal Islamic-Sharia-based family-law + Muslim-majority-states cross-border-children's-rights PA-intersection framework is structurally distinctive globally.

Apex Courts

• OIC Islamic Summit Conference — rotating triennially. Formal supreme decision-making body for OIC.
• OIC Council of Foreign Ministers — rotating. Formal executive body for OIC.
• OIC General Secretariat — Jeddah. Formal administrative body for OIC.
• OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) — Jeddah. Formal OIC human-rights monitoring framework body.
• OIC International Islamic Court of Justice (statute adopted 1987, not operational) — Kuwait (designated). Formal OIC-Islamic-judicial framework body adopted but not operational due to insufficient ratifications as of 2026.

Statutory Framework

• OIC Charter (Original) (1972). Original OIC Charter signed 4 March 1972 in Jeddah Saudi Arabia — formal foundational original OIC treaty framework.
• OIC Revised Charter (2008). Revised OIC Charter signed 14 March 2008 in Dakar Senegal + effective 14 March 2008 — formal foundational revised OIC treaty framework establishing comprehensive OIC organisation framework + renaming from Organisation of Islamic Conference to Organisation of Islamic Cooperation 2011 framework.
• Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (1990). Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam CDHRI adopted 5 August 1990 in Cairo Egypt at 19th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers — formal foundational OIC human-rights framework + Islamic-Sharia-based human-rights framework.
• OIC Declaration on Human Rights (2020). OIC Declaration on Human Rights adopted 28 November 2020 in Niamey Niger replacing 1990 Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam — formal updated OIC human-rights framework.
• OIC International Islamic Court of Justice Statute (1987). Statute of the International Islamic Court of Justice adopted 29 January 1987 at 5th Islamic Summit Conference Kuwait — formal foundational OIC-Islamic-judicial framework adopted but not yet operational due to insufficient ratifications as of 2026.
• OIC IPHRC Statute (2011). OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission IPHRC established 30 June 2011 at OIC Council of Foreign Ministers Astana Kazakhstan — formal foundational OIC human-rights monitoring framework.

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