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Media Council of Tanzania and Others v. Attorney General of the United Republic of Tanzania (East Afr. Ct. J.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2020

Ndanga Kamau
Ndanga Kamau*
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Ndanga Kamau is an international lawyer and Founder of Ndanga Kamau Law based in The Hague, Netherlands and Nairobi, Kenya.
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On March 28, 2019, the First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice (the EACJ or Court) issued a judgment in Media Council of Tanzania and Others v. Attorney General of the United Republic of Tanzania, Reference No. 2 of 2017. The Court held that several provisions of United Republic of Tanzania's Media Services Act 2016 (the Act) violated the freedom of expression at the heart of the fundamental and operational principles enshrined in Articles 6(d) and 7(2) of the Treaty Establishing the East African Community (the EAC Treaty).

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International Legal Documents
Information
International Legal Materials , Volume 59 , Issue 5 , October 2020 , pp. 849 - 872
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2020

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ENDNOTES

1 No. 7 of 2013, East Afr. Ct. J. (May 15, 2015), https://eacj.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Reference-No.7-of-2013-Final-15th-May-2c-2015-Very-Final1.pdf.

2 Media Services v. Tanzania, No. 2 of 2017, East Afr. Ct. J., ¶ 84 (Mar. 28, 2019), https://eacj.eac.int/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Referene-No.2-of-2017.pdf.

3 Id. ¶ 99.

4 Lohé Issa Konate v. Burkina Faso, App No.004/2013, Afr. Ct. H.P.R. (Dec. 5, 2014), https://en.african-court.org/index.php/55-finalised-cases-details/857-app-no-004-2013-lohe-issa-konate-v-burkina-faso-details.

5 Media Services v. Tanzania, supra note 1, ¶ 110.

6 No. 7 of 2016, East Afr. Ct. J. (Jun. 21, 2018).