East Africa Law Society
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The East Africa Law Society (EALS) is a regional Bar Association in East Africa
formed in 1995 and incorporated in Tanzania.
The EALS has over 7,000 individual members, and also has six national Bar associations as members: Law Society of Kenya, Tanganyika Law Society, Uganda Law Society
, Zanzibar Law Society, Kigali Bar Association and Burundi Bar Association.
EALS is a member of the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect under which leaders of every country solemnly promise to protect their people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. In 2009 Donald Deya, at that time President of EALS, said the society was "committed to playing an active role for the utmost respect of this norm in East Africa".
EALS held its annual conference and general meeting in Bujumbura
, Burundi on 19-20 November 2010. The meeting made progress towards defining a commonly accepted and practicable legal environment. This is of great importance for integration of the East African Community
, with its population of 130 million people.
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
formed in 1995 and incorporated in Tanzania.
The EALS has over 7,000 individual members, and also has six national Bar associations as members: Law Society of Kenya, Tanganyika Law Society, Uganda Law Society
Uganda Law Society
The Uganda Law Society is an association of lawyers charged with ensuring high levels of professionalism among lawyers in Uganda.The Uganda Law Society was formed by an act of 1956....
, Zanzibar Law Society, Kigali Bar Association and Burundi Bar Association.
EALS is a member of the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect under which leaders of every country solemnly promise to protect their people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. In 2009 Donald Deya, at that time President of EALS, said the society was "committed to playing an active role for the utmost respect of this norm in East Africa".
EALS held its annual conference and general meeting in Bujumbura
Bujumbura
-Education:The University of Burundi is located in Bujumbura.Hope Africa University is located in BujumburaUniversité du Lac Tanganyika is located in Bujumbura-External links:**...
, Burundi on 19-20 November 2010. The meeting made progress towards defining a commonly accepted and practicable legal environment. This is of great importance for integration of the East African Community
East African Community
The East African Community is an intergovernmental organisation comprising the five east African countries Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Pierre Nkurunziza, the President of the Republic of Burundi, is the current Chairman of the East African Community. The EAC was originally...
, with its population of 130 million people.