EAST AFRICA LEGAL EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT
East Africa Legal Empowerment Summit markTHE SUMMIT
NEXT EDITION ↗
EAST AFRICA LEGAL EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT · BY ARTICLE 43 INTERNATIONAL

Justice begins
with people.

A gathering for the people bringing law closer to communities across East Africa.

EXPLORE LES 2026 ↗LOOK BACK AT LES 2025 ↗
NO ONE IS BELOW THE LAW01 / THE SUMMIT
2025INAUGURAL EDITION
4COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
8SESSIONS IN THE REPORT
2DAYS IN LODWAR
01 / WHY WE GATHER

Law must work where people live.

Community paralegals, advocates, public institutions and local leaders come together to share what makes justice accessible, affordable and rooted in lived experience.

GRASSROOTS JUSTICECROSS-BORDER LEARNINGPEOPLE-CENTRED LAW
02 / NEXT EDITION
THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES

LES 2026

The next meeting point for the people shaping justice from the ground up. Kampala and dates are provisional until confirmed by Article 43.

DATES · PROVISIONAL5–6 November 2026
LOCATION · VENUE TO BE CONFIRMEDKampala, Uganda
Programme, registration and speakers: details to be announced.
EAST AFRICAJUSTICE
FOR ALL.NO ONE IS BELOW THE LAW
03 / PREVIOUS EDITION

Where it began.
LES 2025.

15–16 September · Lodwar, Kenya
Theme: “No One is Below the Law: Advancing Justice through Grassroots Legal Empowerment.”

LES25 participants in a group photograph outside the venue
LES25 · THE PEOPLE WHO GATHERED
Speaker at the LES25 podium
LES25 · VOICES ON STAGE
Delegates listening at LES25
LES25 · IN THE ROOM
Cultural performance at LES25
CULTURE
Elder speaking at LES25
COMMUNITY VOICES
Attendees at the LES25 photo backdrop
CONNECTIONS

The 2025 report documents dialogue on alternative justice systems, community land, human rights and the Shirika Plan. The public report will be linked here once its final edition is approved.

TAKE PART IN WHAT COMES NEXT

Bring justice closer.

Registration and agenda details will be announced here when confirmed.

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