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The Refugee Law Project (RLP) seeks to ensure fundamental human rights for all asylum seekers, refugees, and internally displaced persons within Uganda. We envision a country that treats all people within its borders with the same standards of respect and social justice.
We work to see that all people living in Uganda, as specified under national and international law, are treated with the fairness and consideration due fellow human beings.

IATJ 2011 Briefing Note:
The RLP, in collaboration with the ATJRN is pleased to inform you that the 2nd Institute for IATJ, a week-long residential programme with a focus on Transitional Justice issues in Africa's was successfully held from 20th - 27th Nov. 2011. Read on....

Video clip:
Between a Hard Place and a Rock;
The plight of refugees with disabilities in Uganda
Comprising of interviews with PWDs, both in Kampala and refugee settlements, this documentary highlights the challenges faced by refugees with disabilities and proposed recommendations to these challenges..
To watch this documentary, Please lookup this page

Upcoming Events

Peer Counselors' Capacity Building Workshop

Monday, 30 January 2012 - Sunday, 12 February 2012 - Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Isingiro District (By Invitation Only)

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Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Refugee/Asylum Seeker Girls and Young Women

Thursday, 09 February 2012 - Refugee Law Project, Kampala Office (Plot 9 Perryman Gardens, Opposite Old Kampala Primary School)

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Video Advocacy Latest:

The Refugee Law Project, under its video advocacy programme, has produced documentaries to show the work being done at RLP, as well as highlight the plight of forced migrants in Uganda.
Bellow is a list of our latest productions; Enjoy!!

"Remembering the Forgotten; World Aids Day 2011"
The plight of refugee communities living with HIV/AIDS

"Not Only Him is Bright" ;
Preliminary findings of the National Reconciliation and Transitional Justice Audit research

Recent Publications:

* Newsletter: "WITNESS TO THE TRIAL"; Monitoring the Kwoyelo Trial - Issue 1 & 2
As many of you will be aware, the International Crimes Division of the High Court of Uganda started its first trial on July 11th, 2011. On trial is Thomas Kwoyelo, a former LRA combatant who was allegedly captured by the UPDF in March 2009. Kwoyelo's trial marks a historical .... Read on - Court ruling

* Press Release: Is Ethics and Integrity the wicked stepmother to Uganda's human rights?
".....Why does Uganda have a minister of Ethics and Integrity but none for Human Rights? How does a minister for Ethics and Integrity operate without a ministry to support him or her? ......."
Dr Chris Dolan, Director of the RLP

Projects:

1) The Beyond Juba Project:
Beyond Juba is a Transitional Justice Project of the Refugee Law Project(RLP) and the Human Rights and Peace Centre(HURIPEC), both of the Faculty of Law, Makerere University.
www.beyondjuba.org

3) Karamoja Changing the Lens:
KARAMOJA: Changing the Lens Project is a Human Rights Research project of the Refugee Law Project. The project research focuses on ethnic minority rights violations in Uganda's Karamoja sub-region.
www.Karamojainfo.org

3) Advisory Consortium on conflict sensitivity
www.accsuganda.org