Judicial Institutions of the East African Community (1967–1977)
Evelyn Mogere
- Subject(s):
- International courts and tribunals, procedure
Published under the direction of Hélène Ruiz Fabri, with the support of the Department of International Law and Dispute Resolution, under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law.
1 The first East African Community (‘EAC I’ or ‘Community’) was created through the Treaty for East African Co-operation of 1967 (‘EAC Treaty’) by the republics of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. It was the first major attempt at regional integration in East Africa in the post-colonial era, though it was preceded by many cooperation efforts. It endured ten years before its disintegration in 1977. The EAC I succeeded the East African Common Services Organization (‘EACSO’) of 1961 to 1966, under which the three territories had shared common services through regional...