6. The APRM Focal Points Committee shall establish a Steering Committee which shall act as an executive body and carry out the responsibilities of the full Committee between meetings of the Focal Points Committee. The Steering Committee shall have eight members composed of the three Focal Points forming the Troika and five elected Focal Points representing each of the five regions of the African Union. 7. The APRM Focal Points Committee shall establish a Sub-Committee for Administrative and Budgetary matters. 8. The Focal Points Committee may establish other Sub-Committees with specific mandates as may be deemed necessary and for a given duration. Article 11 The APR Panel of Eminent Persons 1. The APR Panel is a body of Eminent Africans appointed by the APR Forum with the responsibility to lead the country review process. 2. The agreed principles, criteria and procedures for the appointment of the members of the APR Panel shall be contained in the Rules of Procedure of the APR Forum. a. The APR Panel shall ensure the integrity, independence, professionalism and credibility of the country review process. b. Members of the APR Panel shall be African nationals of high moral stature, integrity, objectivity, impartiality and independence, who have distinguished themselves in careers that are considered relevant to the work of the APRM, and shall have demonstrated commitment to the ideals of Pan Africanism. c. The APR Panel shall comprise a minimum of five and a maximum of nine members appointed by the APR Forum. The composition of the Panel shall reflect fair regional representation and gender balance. 14 Statute of the African Peer Review Mechanism, August 2016V11082016