Abbreviation EALS | Formation 1995 | |
Motto "Rule of Law and Justice for all in an Integrated East African Region" Type Professional association Purpose Rule of Law and Justice for all in an Integrated East African Region Headquarters 6 Corridor Area, Off Jandu RoadArusha, Tanzania | ||
The East Africa Law Society (EALS) is the regional Bar Association of East Africa formed in 1995 and incorporated in Tanzania. The EALS has over 10,000 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.
The East Africa Law Society works to promote good governance and the rule of law in the East African region and enjoys formal Observer Status with the East African Community and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. The EALS is also 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.
EALS' top decision-making organ is the Annual General Meeting held annually at which legal professionals come together to review the previous year's developments and to chart a way forward for the year ahead. The last edition was held on the 25th and 26th November 2016 in Dar es salaam.