 The East Africa Law Society works to promote good governance and the rule of law in the East African region and enjoys formal Observer Status with the East African Community and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.EALS is also a member of the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect under which leaders of every country solemnly promise to protect their people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity.EALS' top decision-making organ is the Annual General Meeting held annually at which legal professionals come together to review the previous year's developments and to chart a way forward for the year ahead.