Rule 109 Amicable settlement At any stage of the examination of a 1. Communication, the Commission, on its own initiative or at the request of any of the parties concerned, may offer its good offices for an amicable settlement between the parties. The amicable settlement procedure 2. shall be initiated, and may only continue, with the consent of the parties. If it deems it necessary, the 3. Commission may entrust to one or more of its members the task of facilitating negotiations between the parties. The Commission may terminate 4. its intervention in the amicable settlement procedure at the request of one or both parties, within a period of six months, renewable once, when an amicable settlement is not reached. When the Commission receives 5. information from parties that an amicable settlement has been reached, the Commission shall ensure that such amicable settlement:Complies with or respects the a. human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the African Charter and other applicable instruments; Indicates that the victim of the b. alleged human rights violation or, his/her successors, as the case may be, have consented to the terms of the settlement and are satisfied with the conditions; Includes an undertaking by the c. parties to implement the terms of the settlement.When the Commission is satisfied 6. that the requirements of paragraph 5 have been complied with, it shall prepare a report which shall contain:A brief statement of the facts;a. An explanation of the settlement b. reached;Recommendations by the c. Commission for steps to be taken by the parties to ensure the maintenance of the settlement;Steps to be taken by the d. Commission to monitor the parties’ compliance with the terms of the settlement.If the terms of the amicable 7. settlement are not implemented within six months, or when the terms do not comply with the requirements under paragraph 5 Part Three : Protection Activities 41of the present Rule the Commission shall at the request of the Complainant continue to process the Communication in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and the relevant Rules in the present Rules.