Following the recent horrific murder of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Andrew Felix Kaweesi, thirteen men were detained at Nalufenya police station and are currently remanded to Luzira, Uganda's central prison. Serious allegations have been made in public media concerning their treatment while still at Nalufenya.

Please find attached a joint statement made by the Coalition Against Torture, of which Refugee Law Project is a member, together with the Coalition on Police Accountability and Security Sector Reform calling on the authorities to make proper investigation into these allegations, and, should they prove true, to disregard any evidence collected during torture.

A report submitted by the Refugee Cluster, of which RLP was a member, to the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights prior to the 2016 Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Reaffirming our commitment to tackling torture as a heinous crime, we are pleased to share with you the Swahili version of the factsheet on The Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Act, 2012 (a while ago, we shared the English version of the same).

Through this publication, we reiterate that victims/survivors of torture are marginalized persons and it is therefore imperative that society is informed and encouraged to participate in the prevention of torture to protect persons at risk, and to facilitate the prosecution of perpetrators of torture.

This fact-sheet (ENGLISH version) is a demonstration of RLP’s commitment to create awareness geared towards restricting or eliminating torture as one of the most inhumane action.

We have attempted to make legal references of relevance to forced migration and justice available. These may include laws, acts, policies, and drafts in the public domain, that all interested stakeholders should have easy access to, but unfortunately is not often the case. If there are certain legal documents of specific importance to displacement issues that are not easily available online that you believe should be placed on these pages, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to make your suggestion. We cannot guarantee that we will host the legal text, but we will do our best to get hold of it or else point you to an alternate location online.

Below is a list of relevant international conventions and protocols with dates of accession or ratification by the Government of Uganda, in order of their entry into force. The links are to the full text of the conventions at the official UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN OHCHR) website. The information below is correct as of December 2005