there is no justification for them to withhold the deposit of declarations to enable individuals and NGOs have access to the African Court and under Article 8(1)(c), 126 and 130 of the Treaty for The Establishment of the East African Community they are obliged to harmonize their laws to universally accepted standards of Human rights and abstain from any measures that are likely to jeopardize the achievement and objectives of the Treaty and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and all other International Human Rights Conventions, International Law as well as their various National Constitutions and laws. f) The rule of law in East Africa requires that public affairs are conducted in accordance with the Treaty for Establishment of the East African Community Treaty and the acts of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Respondents are a blatant violation of the rule of law and are unlawful and an infringement of the Treaty and the East African Community Integration. g)The United Republic of Tanzania, another Partner State of the East African Community having signed, ratified, acceded to the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights went ahead and entered(sic) a declaration in conformity with Article 34(6) along with other African State parties as follows: i) Burkina Faso: The court shall be competent to receive cases from individuals and NGOs with observer status within the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. (signed on 14/07/1998 and deposited on 28/07/1998); 5|Page