Uganda Law Society
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The Uganda Law Society (ULS) is an association of lawyers charged with ensuring high levels of professionalism among lawyers in Uganda
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The Uganda Law Society was formed by an act of 1956.
The ULS is governed by an executive council with representatives from each of the four regions of Uganda.
It is a member of the East Africa Law Society
, which also includes members from Kenya, Tanzania, Kigali and Burundi.
In May 2011 Bruce Kyerere, at that time president of the ULS, delivered a petition from the society to Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki which alleged that police and other security agencies had committed "crimes against humanity" when dispersing opposition protesters. Security agencies had fired live bullets and tear gas indiscriminately, killing and injuring unarmed civilians.
Large numbers of lawyers gathered on court premises to protest the action, and the lawyers said they would call a three-day strike to show solidarity with the protesters.
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
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The Uganda Law Society was formed by an act of 1956.
The ULS is governed by an executive council with representatives from each of the four regions of Uganda.
It is a member of the East Africa Law Society
East Africa Law Society
The East Africa Law Society 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...
, which also includes members from Kenya, Tanzania, Kigali and Burundi.
In May 2011 Bruce Kyerere, at that time president of the ULS, delivered a petition from the society to Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki which alleged that police and other security agencies had committed "crimes against humanity" when dispersing opposition protesters. Security agencies had fired live bullets and tear gas indiscriminately, killing and injuring unarmed civilians.
Large numbers of lawyers gathered on court premises to protest the action, and the lawyers said they would call a three-day strike to show solidarity with the protesters.