It’s barely 45 years since World Environment Day (WED) was established. Since then, many countries have embraced the day as ‘people’s day’ with concrete actions in tackling environmental degradation. As a UN vehicle for drumming for international awareness and actions to ameliorate the constantly and negatively changing environmental trends, Refugee Law Project is pleased to join the world in beating air pollution on this day.
Press Releases & Events Documentation
The RLP issues press releases on numerous topics with some being published in the Ugandan dailies
On Saturday 27 April 2019, Refugee Law Project (RLP) joined the citizens of the Netherlands living in Uganda and elsewhere in celebrating King's Day. This important national holiday in the Netherlands marks the birth in 1885 of King Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand, the son of Queen Beatrix. At that time, liberals in the Government of the Kingdom were searching for means of promoting national unity.
It’s International Women’s Day again! While 8 March 2019 marks the 44th commemoration since the United Nations adopted the International Women’s Day (IWD) in 1975, it was first convened in 1909 in the USA, followed by Russia in 1917 and China in 1949, in each place marking significant struggle for and achievements in advancing women’s rights.
It’s International Women’s Day again! While 8 March 2019 marks the 44th commemoration since the United Nations adopted the International Women’s Day (IWD) in 1975, it was first convened in 1909 in the USA, followed by Russia in 1917 and China in 1949, in each place marking significant struggle for and achievements in advancing women’s rights.
As a Centre for Justice and Forced Migrants, the Refugee Law Project would like to commend the government of Uganda (GoU) for reinstating Part II of the Amnesty Act 2000. Part II of the Act which provides for the grant of amnesty was controversially suspended last year in May 2012.
In considering whether the Rolling Stone's publication of alleged homosexuals' names, addresses and preferred social hang-outs constituted a violation of the applicant's constitutional rights, the Court, ruled that: 1) The motion is not about homosexuality per se, but '...it is about fundamental rights and freedoms,' in particular about whether 'the publication infringed the rights of the applicants or threatened to do so'. 2) The jurisdiction of Article 50 (1) of the Constitution is dual in nature, in that it extends not just to any person 'whose fundamental rights or other rights or freedoms have been infringed in the first place,' but also to 'persons whose fundamental rights or other rights or freedoms are threatened to be infringed.' ......". A statement by the CSCHRCL
- The Rise & Fall of Human Rights in Uganda?: Human Rights Day, 10th December 2010
- In Support of Co-ordinated Governance for National Reconciliation: International Day of Peace; 21 September 2010
- Mass Removal of Rwandans from Ugandan Refugee Settlements
- In Pursuit of an End to Impunity A review of the review conference of the ICC
