/As s/D ec.l (i) (xi), adopted at Tbe Court notes that in 2002, by decision AU Uni on decided that 'the Committee its Firs t Ordinary Session, the Assembly of the rk of the Uni on.' This decision wou ld henceforth ope rate with in the framewo ining the specific mandate of the sho uld be taken into con side ratio n when exam of Lhe Committee's operations, its Committee and its nature, the actual practice ns of the AU. The Court further status and relationship with the policy orga created the Committee, has been observes that the Chi ldre n's Charter, whic.h has nization, the then OAU. It shou ld adopted under the aeg is of the Pan African orga rvations on the Request, expressed be note d that all the Stat es that submitted obse Un ion. the view U1at the Com mitt ee is an organ of the 54. specialised body of the AU in The Cout1 is min dfu llha t the Committee is a s of an organ of U1e Uni on in term s the area of child rights and has all the attribute geting processes, as well as U1e of reporting, its quasi-judicial nature, its bud In tllis regard, the Cow 1no tes that man ner in whi ch it reports to the policy organs. manner as other AU Organs and is the Conunittee is always treated in the same and the Assemb ly of the Union, listed in the Agendas of the Exe cutive Council amo ng "org ans of lhe Uni on" for whi ch are fonn ally adopted by those organs, osed budgets and annual reports. purposes of submission and consideration of prop rts of U1e Committee also appear Decisions of tho Policy organs on lhe annual repo are listed under Article 5 of the next to those of the othe r organs, which 55. Constitutive Act. t is satisfied that even though Tak ing all these factors into account, the Com the Union Lo the effect that the ther e has not been any forma] decision of the poli cy organs of the AU have Co1Ill1littee shall be an organ of the Union, It would appear that the Assembly treated the Committee as an organ of the Union. 56. 15