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VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee / A Normative Appraisal of the African Union’s Membership Admission Rules

VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee / A Normative Appraisal of the African Union’s Membership Admission Rules

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  - 135–155 The World Bank’s Environmental and Social Standard on Indigenous Peoples: A Case Study on Global Governance Severa Azzarello Severa Azzarello 135–155
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VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , page 156 - 174

A Normative Appraisal of the African Union’s Membership Admission Rules

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Babatunde Fagbayibo

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2017-2-156
- ISSN: 0506-7286
- ISSN online: 2941-9603
Abstract

The aim of this article is to place the African Union’s (AU) membership admission approach within the context of the aspiration to deepen regional integration efforts in Africa. Put in more specific terms, to what extent should values such as democratic principles, good governance, rule of law, and free and fair elections impact on admission of members into institutional activities? Despite the fact that the AU Constitutive Act espouses these values in Articles 3 and 4, the AU has rather prioritised the lax requirements of geography, simple majority vote, and the ratification of its Act as conditions for membership. It is argued that these lax membership rules contradict the supranational aspiration of the organisation, and rather best suits an intergovernmental entity. In addressing this, the article recommends the need to include strict conditions for membership in the AU Constitutive Act, and the enhancement of the role of AU organs in regulating initiatives that promote democratic practises in member states.
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