Policy framework for pastoralism in Africa: Securing, protecting and improving the lives, livelihoods and rights of pastoralist communities

The Policy Framework for Pastoralism in Africa, as presented in this report, is the first continent-wide policy initiative aiming to secure, protect and improve the lives of African pastoralists. Pastoralists make crucial – but often undervalued – contributions to economies in Africa in terms of their production systems, culture, and animal and plant resources. Yet human development and food security indicators in many pastoral areas are among the lowest on the continent. The objectives of the framework are to protect the lives, livelihoods and rights of pastoral people, and to reinforce the contribution of pastoral livestock to national, regional and continent-wide economies

A guide to using protocol on the rights of women in Africa for legal action

ProtocolThis report provides a brief background of the African Human Rights system, including key instruments relevant to women’s rights and regional mechanisms that may be used to enforce such rights. The report provides useful background knowledge for practitioners by providing an understanding of how the Women’s Rights Protocol came about and how it is positioned within the African Human Rights syste

African union convention on preventing and combating corruption

ProtocolConsidering that the Constitutive Act of the African Union recognizes that freedom, equality, justice, peace and dignity are essential objectives for the achievement of the legitimate aspiration of the African peoples

Cadre stratégique pour le pastoralisme en Afrique : Sécuriser, protéger et améliorer les vies, les moyens de subsistance et les droits des communautés pastorales

La Politique cadre pour le pastoralisme en Afrique, présentée dans ce rapport, est la première initiative de politique à l’échelle d’un continent ayant pour but de sécuriser, protéger et améliorer la vie des pasteurs africains. Les pasteurs effectuent des contributions cruciales – mais souvent sous-estimées – aux économies africaines, grâce à leurs systèmes de production, leur culture, ainsi que leurs ressources animales et végétales. Pourtant, les indicateurs de développement humain et de sécurité alimentaire dans de nombreuses zones pastorales sont parmi les plus bas du continent. Les objectifs de ce cadre sont de protéger la vie, la subsistance et les droits des peuples pastoraux, et de renforcer la contribution de l’élevage pastoral aux économies nationales, régionales et à l’échelle du continent

Composition of the sub-committees of the permanent representatives’ committee (PRC) 2009 - 2010

ReportIn conformity with Article 21(2) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) “may set up such sub-committees or working groups as it may deem necessary”. During its First Ordinary Session held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 28 October 2002, the PRC decided to retain a number of Sub-Committees of the PRC. It should be recalled that the geographical distribution agreed to is as follows: Central: 3, East: 3, North: 2, South: 3 and West: 4

Protocol relating to the establishment of the peace and Security Council of the African union

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Activity Report of the African Risk Capacity Agency

Executive Council Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session 7 – 8 February 2019 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaAfrican Risk Capacity (ARC) Agency is a Specialized Agency of the African Union that was established in 2012 to provide a comprehensive and integrated approach to tackling the impacts of natural disasters on vulnerable populations on the continent. In 2014, ARC launched its initial risk insurance product for Member States through its financial affiliate, the ARC Insurance Company Limited (ARC Ltd). ARC Ltd is a specialist mutual insurance company and Africa’s first ever disaster insurance pool. ARC Ltd aggregates risk by issuing insurance policies to participating governments and transferring the pooled risk to the international markets

African convention on the conservation of nature and natural resources

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Protocol on amendments to the constitutive act of the African union

Constitutive Act of the African UnionThe Member States of the African Union States Parties to the Constitutive Act of the African Unio

Rules of procedure of the assembly and the executive council, statutes of the commission and rules of procedure of the permanent representatives’ committee

Rules of procedureThe Assembly of the Union, Having regard to the Constitutive Act of the African Union, and in particular Article 8,has adopted these rules of procedure