Chapter 6 Article 7 Status of the APRM within the African Union System 1. The APRM is an instrument voluntarily acceded to by AU Member States. 2. The APRM is an autonomous institution body within the AU system with the legal personality of a specialized agency. 3. The APRM exercises political, administrative, budgetary and financial autonomy in relation to other organs and institutions of the AU. 4. The day-to-day management of the APRM in the administrative, human resource and financial domains shall be based on the standard rules, practices and procedures of the African Union system. 5. The APRM shall be autonomous of the Commission and its departments, with which it shall work closely. 10 Statute of the African Peer Review Mechanism, August 2016V11082016