Pan-African Parliament

E34753

international organization organ of the African Union supranational parliament

The Pan-African Parliament is the legislative body of the African Union, created to provide a common platform for African peoples and their grassroots organizations to participate in discussions and decision-making on the continent’s integration and development.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Pan-African Parliament canonical	22
African Parliamentary Union (in AU legislative role)	1
African Union legislative organs	1
Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament	1
Pan-African Parliament (within its mandate)	1
Pan‑African Parliament	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international organization ⓘ organ of the African Union ⓘ supranational parliament ⓘ
abbreviation	PAP ⓘ
composition	members of national parliaments of AU member states ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	African Union ⓘ
currentStatus	consultative and advisory body ⓘ
electoralSystem	indirect election by national parliaments ⓘ
founder	African Union ⓘ
foundingDate	18 March 2004 ⓘ
goal	facilitate effective implementation of policies and objectives of the African Union ⓘ promote African integration ⓘ promote democracy and human rights in Africa ⓘ promote economic development in Africa ⓘ provide a common platform for African peoples and grassroots organizations ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Gauteng ⓘ Midrand ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
inception	2004 ⓘ
intendedPower	to evolve into a body with full legislative powers ⓘ
jurisdiction	member states of the African Union ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitutive Act of the African Union ⓘ Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community relating to the Pan-African Parliament ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf	African Union ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+2 ⓘ
meetsIn	Midrand ⓘ
memberOf	African Union institutional system ⓘ
minimumMembersPerState	5 ⓘ
motto	One Africa, One Voice ⓘ
nativeLabel	Pan-African Parliament self-link ⓘ
numberOfMembers	275 ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Kiswahili ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Spanish ⓘ
parentOrganization	African Union ⓘ
replaced	Pan-African Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: African Parliamentary Union (in AU legislative role)
representationRule	at least one woman among each member state’s delegation ⓘ
sessionFrequency	at least two ordinary sessions per year ⓘ
subdivision	Pan-African Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament Permanent Committees of the Pan-African Parliament ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ
topic	African integration ⓘ continental development policy ⓘ governance and democracy in Africa ⓘ
website	https://www.pan-africanparliament.org ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

African Union → hasOrgan → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

Pan-African Parliament → replaced → Pan-African Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Parliamentary Union (in AU legislative role)

Pan-African Parliament → subdivision → Pan-African Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament

Pan-African Parliament → nativeLabel → Pan-African Parliament self-link ⓘ

AU → hasOrgan → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

subject surface form: African Union

Economic, Social and Cultural Council → worksWith → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

ECOWAS Parliament → cooperatesWith → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

Constitutive Act of the African Union → establishesInstitution → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

African Union policy organs → hasMember → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pan‑African Parliament

Panel of the Wise → cooperatesWith → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

African Governance Architecture → worksWith → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

Assembly → cooperatesWith → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

subject surface form: Assembly of the African Union

AU Assembly → hasSubordinateOrgan → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pan-African Parliament (within its mandate)

African Union institutional system → hasComponent → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Union legislative organs

Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community relating to the Pan-African Parliament → subjectOf → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community relating to the Pan-African Parliament → establishes → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community relating to the Pan-African Parliament → legalBasisFor → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

PAP → fullName → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

subject surface form: Pan-African Parliament

One Africa, One Voice → usedBy → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

One Africa, One Voice → associatedWith → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

One Africa, One Voice → mottoOf → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

Permanent Committees of the Pan-African Parliament → partOf → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

ECOSOCC → relatedOrganization → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

African Union Assembly → oversees → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

General Assembly of ECOSOCC → engagesWith → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ

Parliament of Mauritania → relatedOrganization → Pan-African Parliament ⓘ