THE ROLE THAT THE EAST AFRICAN COURT OF JUSTICE (EACJ) PLAY IN THE PROMOTION, PROTECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN TANZANIA

Abstract

The book who owns the problem? Africa and the struggle for Agency  commences with the Late Pius Adesanmi articulating that he had been  invited to a conference to  reflect on the theme  African solutions  for African  problems  Typical of his somewhat  controversial  view, he proclaimed   that  in Africa politics dictates  problems that are defined  as African . striking ,though ,is his assertion  that solving  Africa’s perceived  problems depends  on the readiness of the  institutions and opportunities of  African modernity  to rise  up and solve  them using  critical human  intelligence and innovation.  The  advent  of regional and sub-regional institution arrangements is an idea  developed  by the United Nations as early  as 1968  for the  fact that  regional  mechanisms  have better  grasp  of regional  interests and conditions; and not least  because  at the time ,there was  clear  reluctance  on the part of Africa  to be imposed  upon  by external  parties given the history  of  colonization embedded in the identity and consciousness of  Africans. Consequently, a number of  sub-regional organizations and organs have been  established  one of which  is the subject of this articles topic  –is the east African Court of justice (EACJ) Established under Article  9  of the East African Community Treaty. The East African Community (EAC)  is a transnational governance structure  located  somewhere beyond the reach  of the nation-state and below the legal regime of  international law .as dieter Grimm explains in the case of conflict  courts of arbitration  are the conflict solving actors ,applying a transnational law ,which is to a large degree  shaped by themselves confirming this description is the East African community ,which  has  demonstrated  some  effectiveness in  promoting  regional  cooperation  in  economic  relations in conjunction with  its principal  judicial  organ, the  EACJ, which  has been  empowered  to  advance  respect  for  human rights  and to  independently  adjudicate cases  brought  before  the court  moreover  the court has  a special  mandate  in terms  of areas  to cover  and independent ways of working.