indicators which suggest that Uganda's human rights record may if anything be in decline....we should ask ourselves whether,a year from now, it will even be possible to publish a statement such as this.....The proposed Public Order Management Bill, if passed, will further violate the already highly-circumscribed freedom of assembly...." A statement by the CSCHRCL

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As Professor Tarsis Kabwegyere, Minister of Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees (Office of the Prime Minister) noted in yesterday’s New Vision, ‘Uganda today is faced with a series of potential conflicts which necessitate new measures to systematically integrate Conflict Resolution into Government institutional frameworks, budgets and programming in partnership with civil society organizations, private sector and individuals’

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Reports reaching IRRI and RLP indicate that on the morning of Wednesday 14th July 2010, OPM Directorate of Refugees and Police officers in Nakivale (Isingiro District) and Kyaka II (Kyenjonjo District) began rounding up Rwandans and forcing them against their will to board trucks to return them to Rwanda.

The Refugee Law Project (RLP), Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) and Faculty of Law, Makerere University would like to extend sincere congratulations to the people of the Kingdom of Sweden and Norway on the occasion of their National Day. Both countries continue to be among Uganda’s key development partners, particularly with regard to matters of peace, justice and national reconciliation.

A press release by the CSCHRCL - Human Rights Day (10 December 2009).  “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” is the bold opening statement of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted on December 10, 1948 to try and ensure that the horrors of World War II - most notably the de-liberate extermination of Jews, Gypsies and homosexuals by the Nazis - would never again be visited on anybody. It is extremely ironic that the chosen theme for this year’s International Human Rights Day in Uganda is ‘Em-brace Diversity, End Discrimination in Uganda’ when parliament is currently considering a bill that rejects diversity and promotes discrimination.

 

".....While Uganda is widely celebrated as a country withmodel refugee legislation, and was once also regarded as a model for combating the HIV/AIDS pandemic, we note with deepening concern that when it comes to forced migrants and HIV/AIDS, there are some serious obstacles to effective support which would  enable our clients to enjoy their human rights and lead dignified lives. What we are left with is a context in which forced migrants are given protection with one hand… only to find that what it has been taken away with the other!......"