A Steering committee is established and made functional at the first East African Lawyers Conference on Human Rights organized by Lawyers for Human Rights in collaboration with the UN Office of High Commissioner for Human rights- East African Regional Office on December 13, 2022.
This first Committee consists of the head of LHR Secretariat, Chair Person of the board, and one practicing lawyer from each East African country that has been participating in the conference.
The committee has been established with the aim of among other things to ensure the sustainability of the conference and advising the LHR secretariats in organizing and articulating the general aims of subsequent sub-regional lawyers Conference and establishing linkage/ networks with the wider legal community, legal associations, and stakeholders among East African Countries.
The members of the steering committee are Mr. Ameha Mekonnen representing LHR Secretariat, Mr. Metassebia Hailu, a practicing lawyer from Ethiopia in an individual capacity, Mr. Mwaura Kabata from Kenya in an individual capacity, Ms. Anne Kalungi from Uganda in an individual capacity, Ms. Noon Kashkosh from Sudan in an individual capacity and Taban Clement from South Sudan in an individual capacity.
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