PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE AFRICAN UNION — Rwanda law | Esheria

PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE AFRICAN UNION

This article defines key terms used in the Protocol.

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Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Instrument
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Status
In force
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Language
mul
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This article defines key terms used in the Protocol. This article creates the Peace and Security Council and describes it as a permanent decision-making body for preventing, managing, and resolving conflicts. This provision creates a Peace and Security Council, says it is a standing decision-making organ, and sets out how its 15 members are elected and reviewed. This article lists the Peace and Security Council’s objectives, including promoting peace and stability, preventing conflicts, handling peace-making and peacebuilding when conflicts occur, coordinating anti-terrorism efforts, developing a common defence policy, and promoting democracy, good governance, human rights, and humanitarian law. The Peace and Security Council is to follow listed peace-and-security principles, and member states must accept its decisions and cooperate with its work.