Publication:

Conclusions of the 1st Retreat of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Held from 19 - 21 December 2021, Durban, South Africa.

The Joint Retreat of the PSC and APRM was convened pursuant to the PSC Communique [(PSC/PR/COMM.(CMXIV)], adopted at its 914th meeting held on 5 March 2020 which was reaffirmed in a subsequent 962nd PSC meeting held on 5 November 2020 adopted through Communique [PSC/PR/COMM.(CMLXII)]. During the 914th meeting and the 962nd meeting, the Council, amongst others, requested the Commission, working in close collaboration with the APRM Secretariat, to organize a Joint Retreat of the APRM to thoroughly engage and interrogate the various review reports undertaken in the past two years.