Documents – Communauté de l’Afrique de l’Est


  • Court of Appeal for East Africa, East African Community v. Republic of Kenya, Judgment of 25 February 1970, 9 I.L.M. 561 (1970)

Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community, 30 November 1999

Protocol on combating Drug Trafficking in the East African Region, 13 January 2001

Protocol on Decision Making by the Council of the East African Community, 21 April 2001

Protocol for the Sustainable Development of Lake Victoria Basin, 29 November 2003

Acts of the East African Community Act, 2004 (Act 5 of 2004) (version from 31 January 2004), Gazette of East Africa, 31 January 2004


Protocol on Environment and Natural Resources Management, 3 April 2006

  • EACJ, 6 December 2006, Calist Andrew Mwatela and others v. East African Community, Reference No. 1/2005

Protocol on the Establishment of the East African Science and Technology Commission, 18 April 2007

Protocol on the Establishment of the East African Kiswahili Commission (EAKC), 18 April 2007


Protocol on the Establishment of the East African Health and Research Commission (EAHRC), 13 September 2008


  • EAC Common Negotiation Position on Climate Change, 2009
  • EACJ, 24 April 2009, Demande d’avis du Conseil des Ministres de la CAE, Reference No. 1/2008

  • EACJ, 1 December 2010, Plaxeda Ruguma vs. The Attorney General of Rwanda, Reference No. 8/2010

East African Community Protocol on Foreign Policy Coordination, 3 December 2010

East African Community Appropriation Act, 2003 (Act 1 of 2003) (version from 3 December 2010), East African Community Gazette 14, 3 December 2010

East African Community Appropriation Act, 2004 (Act 2 of 2004) (version from 3 December 2010), East African Community Gazette 14, 3 December 2010

East African Community Appropriation Act, 2005 (Act 3 of 2005) (version from 3 December 2010), East African Community Gazette 14, 3 December 2010

East African Community Appropriation Act, 2006 (Act 4 of 2006) (version from 3 December 2010), East African Community Gazette 14, 3 December 2010

East African Community Appropriation Act, 2007 (Act 5 of 2007) (version from 3 December 2010), East African Community Gazette 14, 3 December 2010


  • EAC Climate Change Policy, 19 April 2011
  • EAC Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change and EAC Food Security and Climate Change Declaration, April 2011
  • EAC Climate Change Strategy (2011-2016). Final Draft, August 2011

East African Community Protocol on Co-operation in Defence Affairs, 28 April 2012


EAC Protocol on Peace and Security, 15 February 2013

East African Community Protocol on Information and Communications Technology Networks, 23 August 2013


  • EACJ, 14 June 2014, Venant Masenge vs. The Attorney General of The Republic of Burundi, Référence No. 9/2012

Protocols on Privileges and Immunities of the East African Community, 1 April 2015

  • CJCAE, 15 May 2015, East African Law Society v The Attorney General of Burundi, n°1/2014
  • CJCAE (1ère instance), Burundian Journalist Union v. Attorney General of Burundi, n° 7/2013 du 15 mai 2015. CJAE, The Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda v Tom Kyahurwenda, N°1/2014, Appellate Division, 31st July 2015.
  • EACJ, 24 November 2015, A request by Council of Ministers of the EAC for advisory opinion made to articles 14 (4) and 36 of the Treaty for EAC and Rule 75 (4) of the East African Court of Justice Rules of Procedure, 2013, N°1/2015

Protocol on Cooperation in Meteorological Services, 29 Februrary 2016

  • CJCAE, 29 septembre 2016, East African Civil society Organization Forum vs. The Attorney General of Burundi, CENI, the Secretary General, N°2/2015
  • EAC Common External Tariff, 2017 Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System (Version 2017). Available on the EAC webside : EAC Common External Tariff
  • CJCAE, Steven Deniss v. The Attorney General of Burundi & others, N°3/2015 du 31 mars 2017.
  • CJCAE, Hon. Dr. Margaret Zziwa vs. The Secretary General of the East African Community, Appeal N°2/2017, 25 May 2018
  • CJCAE, Grands Lacs supplier SARL& others v The Attorney General of Burundi, n°6/2016 of 19th June 2018. CJCAE, British American Tobacco (U) LTD v. The attorney General of Uganda, N°7/2017 of 26 march 2019