11. On 17th December 2013, the Prosecutor General made a complaint against Mr. Rufyikiri to the Court of Appeal of Bujumbura requesting his disbarment from the Roll of Advocates and the case was registered under RA10. 12. The Court of Appeal of Bujumbura, on 28th January 2014, by its decision in case RA10, disbarred Mr. Rufyikiri from the Roll of Advocates and ordered immediate execution of the judgment 13. On 03rd March 2014, Mr. Rufyikiri, through his Counsel, applied for review of the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Bujumbura by the Review Chamber of the Supreme Court of Burundi in Case No. RCC25.103. On 16th June 2014, the Review Chamber ruled against Mr. Rufyikiri and maintained the decision of the Court of Appeal of Bujumbura. 14. On 23rd December 2013, Mr. Rufyikiri sent an email to the Chief Executive Officer of the East African Law Society (EALS) in which he stated that he was forbidden from leaving the Country following a decision taken by the Prosecutor General of the Anti-Corruption Court. He then requested that EALS should sue, on his behalf, the Government of the Republic of Burundi before the East African Court of Justice seeking a declaration that the impugned decision is unlawful and therefore should be repealed. 15. The instant Reference was therefore filed by the East African Law Society, on 17th February 2014. IV. THE APPLICANT’S CASE 16. The case for the Applicant was set out in the Reference, an affidavit in reply to the supplementary affidavit sworn on 05th November 2014 by Mr. Rufyikiri, the Reply to the 1st Respondent’s Response to the Reference filed on 17th June 2014, the Applicant’s written submissions REFERENCE NO.1 OF 2014 Page 4