{"id":15724,"date":"2023-08-25T17:04:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T17:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/?p=15724"},"modified":"2023-09-01T07:58:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T07:58:04","slug":"beyond-subsidiarity-understanding-the-roles-of-the-au-and-recs-rms-in-peace-and-security-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/beyond-subsidiarity-understanding-the-roles-of-the-au-and-recs-rms-in-peace-and-security-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Subsidiarity: Understanding the Roles of the AU and RECs\/RMs in Peace and Security in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15724?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>[vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;1&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; font_family=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down_fixed=&#8221;yes&#8221; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;1000&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading auto_text=&#8221;yes&#8221; heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-189933&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; text_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243;]Automatic Heading Text[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-182326&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221;]25 August 2023[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading]<\/p>\n<h3>INTRODUCTION<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the years and most recently, various conflict\/crisis situations including those in Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Niger have become flashpoints in the exercise of the respective roles entrusted to the African Union(AU) Peace and Security Council and Regional Economic Communities\/Regional Mechanisms (RECs\/RMs) for peace and security in their respective legal and policy instruments. While subsidiarity is the principle most invoked as the formula for governing the relationship between the PSC and RECs\/RMs, not only what subsidiarity entails in terms of who does what and when remains unclear and contested leading to confusion and even policy paralysis in dealing with specific conflict situations but also such overuse of the term has obscured the fact that it is one among many principles and frameworks for governing the relationship between the AU and RECs\/RMs.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243; radius=&#8221;btn-square&#8221; hover_fx=&#8221;outlined&#8221; outline=&#8221;yes&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Famaniafrica-et.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F09%2FBeyond-Subsidiarity.-Understanding-the-Roles-of-the-AU-and-RECs_RMs-in-Peace-and-Security-in-Africa-2.pdf|target:_blank&#8221;]Read Full Document[\/vc_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25 August 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[168,439],"class_list":["post-15724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-reports","tag-special-report","tag-439"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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