Tag Archives: EACJ

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Human rights lawyer Steven Kalali has petitioned the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) to challenge the nine-month jail term imposed on fellow lawyer Eron Kiiza by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF General Court Martial. Kiiza was summarily sentenced for contempt of court on January …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ugandan Lawyer Steven Kalali has petitioned the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) seeking a certificate of urgency to be issued for a case in which he sued the neighboring DRC over violation of prisoner’s rights is fixed for hearing as a matter of …

Arusha, Tazania | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court Of Justice has asked activist groups to file a written submission in an appeal seeking to overturn a ruling that sought to block the construction of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. The regional court sitting in Arusha in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has dismissed with costs, a case in which environmental and human rights groups were challenging the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline from western Uganda to Eastern Tanzania. The activists claimed that the heated crude …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rt Hon. Speakers from the EAC Partner States, who were attending their 15th meeting in Arusha, paid a courtesy call to the Judge President of EACJ to learn about the EACJ. His Lordship Justice Nestor Kayobera in his remarks, expressed his gratitude to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | East African Court of Justice (EACJ) President, Hon. Justice Nestor Kayobera on Monday launched the Sourcebook on Good Governance and Rule of Law in East African Community & the Litigators’ Manual. During the launch of the two resource texts which happened at the EAC Headquarters, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice is set to start hearing cases from Kampala in a bid to bring justice closer to the people. Justice Nestor Kayobera, the president of the East African Court of Justice, says that the Arusha-based court will effective November 2nd, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The EAC Council of Ministers has called for the amendment of the regional treaty to allow new member states who came after it was created, to nominate judges who can represent them at the Court of Justice based in Arusha, Tanzania. The proposal was made …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jailed lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked the East African Court of Justice to nullify a decision that denied him temporary release, saying one of the Justices who presided over the matter is biased because he is a member of the ruling National Resistance Movement which …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legal Brains Trust has petitioned the East African Court of Justice seeking to quash the recently enacted Computer Misuse Amendment Act of 2022. According to Legal Brains, the law infringes on the principles of democracy, rule of law, accountability, transparency, social justice, and equal opportunities, …