Six citizens from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania together with PALU have filed a petition at the East African Court of Justice challenging the conduct of the January 2021 presidential election in Uganda. The petition filed earlier this month, also asks the court to end...
The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) hosted its first virtual conference for the year 2021 a three-day, six-session event from January 27- 29. With COVID-19 as its theme, the conference addressed different aspects of the pandemic’s impacts on the legal profession in...
March 10th 2021; Trust Africa and the Thompson Reuters Foundation organized a two-day webinar to engage the Media & Civil Society on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) from Africa and especially in the COVID19 Era. The Webinar themed “Strengthening Collaboration...
On 26 February 2021, the Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Court Coalition) and the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU), hosted a convening on the theme: Reimagining Africa’s Judiciaries and the Legal Profession in the Context...
East African Court Of Justice dismisses the appeal by the Attorney General of Burundi that challenged the election of the 4th EALA Speaker, with costs to the Secretary General of the EAC (Respondent) And Hon. Fred Mukasa Mbidde (Intervener). 4 June 2020, Arusha,...
The #PanAfricanLawyersUnion (PALU) has today Tuesday 02 June 2020, filed a Request for an Advisory Opinion before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ on the guarantees for the effective protection of the right to participate in Government in...
As we continue to face these unprecedented times of COVID19, how can our governments do better? Let’s talk about Health and the Economic crisis.Join the virtual conference today on #HealthVsWealth at 4:00pm Nairobi time. Register here...
Esteemed Members and Colleagues, “The greatest glory in living is not in falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Nelson Mandela I write to you at a time when the world is facing a horrible pandemic (COVID-19) and its effects on our societies, polities and...
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has just announced that it has granted interim Orders staying the enforcement of punitive orders of Costs in a case filed by Pan African Lawyers Union – PALU on behalf of Malawian Activist Charles Kajoloweka. The...