Towards a People-Driven African Union : Current Obstacles and New Opportunities /
"Towards a People-Driven African Union: Current Obstacles & New Opportunities presents research on the preparations for and conduct of African Union summits, from some of the civil society organizations currently working with the African Union to realize its own vision. It concludes that, a...
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[Harare] :
Oxfam,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms; Preface: Backgrund to this study; 1. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; Member states; Conduct of and follow-up to summits; The AU Commission; ECOSOCC; Civil society; 2. BACKGROUND: THE AFRICAN UNION; 3. PREPARATION OF AU SUMMITS AT CONTINENTAL LEVEL; Preparation of the agenda; Distribution of documents to member states; The role of the Permanent Representatives Committee; Building consensus by region; Conduct of the summit; Follow-up to summit decisions; 4. PREPARATIONS FOR SUMMITS BY MEMBER STATES.
- National structures responsible for foreign affairsEngagement with national parliaments; Composition of national summit delegations; 5. REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES AND THE AFRICAN UNION; Civil society engagement with regional institutions; 6. THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION: OUTREACH TO CIVIL SOCIETY; The African Citizens' Directorate; The African Union-Civil Society Organisation Forum; The Women, Gender and Development Directorate and the Women's Forum; 7. THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL COUNCIL; Legal framework; ECOSOCC interim national chapters; Evaluation.
- 8. AUTONOMOUS CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE AFRICAN UNIONPreparatory meetings; Observer status and accreditation; Parallel meetings; Host government obstruction; 9. KEY DECISIONS AT SUMMITS IN 2006; The Draft Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; The Hissene Habre case; Decision on the presidency of the African Union; Annual Activity Report of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; The Draft Single Legal Instrument on the Merger of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Court of Justice of the African Union.
- The seat of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights10. UPDATE: JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2007; Introduction; The creation of the Union Government; The election of commissioners; Developments on the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC); Civil society participation at the Accra summit; INDIVIDUALS CONSULTED FOR THIS REPORT; ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED; ENDNOTES; Back Cover.