tion within the mea ning of subby lhe Cou rt to be an intergovernmental orga niza
s on the mea ning of "Afr ican
para grap h 5 (1) (e). Thu s, this ques tion turn
cle 5 (1) (e) of the ProtocoL As
Inte rgov ernm enta l Org anis ation " as used in Arti
n' and U1ererore is 'Afr ican '.
note d abov e, the Com mitt ee is an "org an of the Unio
ther it is an "intergovernmental
The only wor d that rem ains to be inter pret ed is whe
orga niza tion .'
ties betw een Stat es and
The Vien na Convention on the Law of Trea
naJ Org aniz ation s adopted at
Inte rnat iona l Org aniz ation s or betw een Internatio
71.
'inte rgov ernm enta l nor does it
Vien na on 21 Mar ch 1986, does not defi ne the term
inter gove rnm enta l orga niza tion .'
set out the attributes or characteristics of an
l orga niza tion ' as mea ning an
Neve1theless, it defl nes the term 'inte rnat iona
'inte rgov ernm enta l organization. '
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rnat iona l Law , an InterAcc ordi ng to the Enc yclo pedi a of Pub lic Inte
ociation of Stat es established by
gove tnm enta l Org aniz ation is defined as an "ass
aims and whic h has iLs own
and base d upon a treaty, whic h purs ues com mon
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tion
niza
orga
the
in
with
tions
func
r
icula
part
l
special orga ns to fulfi
72.
of the Chil dren 's Cha rter,
Purs uant to the provisions of Articles 32 and 33
bers , nom inat ed and elected by
the Com mitt ee is com pose d of elev en expe rt mem
serv e in thei r personal capacity.
Stat es as individuals, o.nd who after their elec tion
desc ribe d as repr esen tativ es of
'fhu s, U1e mem bers of the Com mitt ee cann ot be
orta nt elem ent in dete rmin ing
states, whic h seem s to the Cowi to be an imp
or not. Indisputably, Stat es have
whe ther an entity is an "intergovernmental" body
73.
n Article 2 (1) (I)
obJectives For example,
organs or Institutions to ensure the realization of 1!s
Th1s definition implies that the IGO establishes other
the Union are realized
of
ives
object
the
ensure
to
1tee
Comm1
the
ng
Includi
the AU has established several Institutions/organs,
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