Reports by Conflict, Transitional Justice & Governance

Aside from working papers and seminars the RLP produces a range of publications for multiple purposes. The research is targeted at a range of audiences (eg academia, government officials or the public) and aims to produce information quickly on time-sensitive issues. These result in special reports compiled either through individual consultancies or for external publications, including briefing notes that represent immediate but preliminary observations from the field, letters sent to the national newspapers or advocacy briefs that attempt to bring attention to specific thematic areas.

'We Need a Culture of Truth': The Role of Civil Society Organisations in Transitional Justice

This report summarize dialogue sessions held in Kasese, Uganda on the need for a civil society platform in Uganda with regards to transitional justice and national reconciliation. Each report contains an overview of the discussions, key points by presenters, and ways forward toward a broad civil society coalition.

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South–Sudan Crisis: Impact on Northern Uganda.

ACCS Project's Rapid Assesment Report. From the time the current violent conflict started in South Sudan, the Districts bordering South Sudan within Northern Uganda have been receiving refugees fleeing from the conflict in large numbers.  The immediate concerns have been security implications for post-conflict northern Uganda and attendant humanitarian crisis. This report assessed  the situation on the ground  inside the  Ugandan  border and highlights the  issues,  figures, patterns and perceptions of refugees, asylum seekers, and key stakeholders.

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ACCS - Northern Uganda Conflict Analysis

Six years after the guns fell silent, and months into the second iteration of the Peace, Recovery and Development Programme (PRDP), the question of whether northern Uganda is truly at peace remains unanswered in many people’s minds. An examination of regional and sub-regional conflict drivers by the three members of the Advisory Consortium on Conflict Sensitivity (ACCS) - International Alert, Refugee Law Project, Saferworld - over 2010-2012 aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of conflict drivers that have the potential to undermine development and peacebuilding efforts underway in PRDP II.

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We saw what was done but not our will was done: Assessing the impact of the Peace, Recovery and Development Plan 1 in northern Uganda

The Peace Recovery Development Plan (PRDP) was launched in 2009 after an elongated planning process which began in 2007. It was designed to address the needs of Northern Uganda as it emerged from two decades of conflict. The multi-donor framework, focused on four areas: consolidation of state authority, rebuilding and empowering communities, economic revitalisation and peacebuilding and reconciliation. However, the document has struggled to achieve its stated ambitions.

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Health and Peace Recovery: Situation Report on Nodding Syndrome Case Management

ACCS Project activity brief. This report is a follow up on the developments associated with Nodding Syndrome (NS) in northern Uganda. It serves as a catalyst in advocacy for sufficient response to the plight of NS patients in post conflict northern Uganda. It calls for the establishment of conditions that can meet the basic needs and aspirations of the victims as was observed in the International Scientific Meeting on Nodding Syndrome in August 2012 in Kampala. Though the report is limited to developments associated with Nodding Syndrome disease in Kitgum district, it serves as a reminder to concerned stakeholders that the NS remains a challenge and needs an adequate response.

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The Brunt of Forceful Evictions in Post Conflict Societies: A case Documentation of Apaa Village, Amuru District

ACCS Project activity brief. This report discusses the implications and dynamics that the eviction exercises had within the lenses of conflict, governance, recovery and transition in post conflict society. It also suggests that there is need for concrete involvement of the state to resolve the dispute in Apaa in the most transparent and satisfactory manner. Lastly, the report is a representation of materials and data collected from various resourceful persons in Apaa in the year 2012 while focusing on key conflict issues, errors, and early warnings.

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