- Peace & Security Council
- Peace & Security Department
- African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism
Key AU Treaties on Peace & Security
- Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa
- The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty)
- OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism
- Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union
- Protocol to the OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism
- The African Union Non-Aggression and Common Defence Pact
- Statute of the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL)
- African Charter on Maritime Security and Safety and Development in Africa (Lomé Charter)