PROTOCOL ON AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTIVE ACT OF THE AFRICAN UNION The Member States of the African Union States Parties to the Constitutive Act of the African Union HAVE AGREED TO ADOPT AMENDMENTS AS FOLLOWS: TO THE CONSTITUTIVE ACT Article 1 Definitions In this Protocol, the following expressions shall have the meanings assigned to them hereunder unless otherwise specified: “Act” means the Constitutive Act “Assembly” means the Assembly African Union of Heads of State and Government of the “Chairperson” means chairperson of the Assembly “Court” means the Court of Justice of the Union and Court of Justice has the same meaning “Union” means the African Union Article 2 Preamble In the first paragraph of the Preamble to the Constitutive Act, the replacement of the words “founding fathers” with “founders”