Special Reports

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.

A Dangerous Impasse: Rwandan Refugees in Uganda
CITIZENSHIP AND DISPLACEMENT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION WORKING PAPER NO. 4, June 2010
A paper by: International Refugee Rights Initiative, Refugee Law Project and Social Science Research Council

This paper examines why one group of Rwandan refugees, those living in Nakivale settlement in Uganda's southwest, refuse to return. The push factors are considerable.
Despite the official emphasis on voluntariness, refugees are feeling under considerable pressure from the governments of Uganda and Rwanda and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to repatriate, in particular as a result of the announcement of "deadlines" for repatriation. Rwandan refugees told of how they have had their land re-allocated to Congolese refugees, have seen their rations reduced and are no longer allowed access to some social services available to other refugees. Many live in constant fear of being forcibly repatriated and some have resorted to hiding their belongings and sleeping in the bush. Download the Report

Related Documents:

1. It is Risky for Rwandan Refugees to go Back Home (Daily Monitor 29th June, 2010)
2. Rwandan Envoy Dismisses Refugee Report (New Vision, June 29th, 2010)

Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill : The Great Divide Dec. 2009
A compilation by the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law.
This document has been broken down into four parts to facilitate easy access
 
Part 1   |     Part 2   |     Part 3   |     Part 4
 
For a complete version of the document, Follow this Link: Anti-homosexuality Bill Compilation
 

RLP's Special Bulletin on urban IDPs (Oct. 08)

RLP's Special Bulletin on urban IDPs (July 08)

RLP's Special Bulletin on urban IDPs (March 08)

Humanitarian Protection in Uganda: A Trojan Horse?
Chris Dolan & Lucy Hovil
Protection in Practice Background Paper, Humanitarian Policy Group (Overseas Development Institute), December 2006

"Only Peace Can Restore the Confidence of the Displaced"
Update on the implementation of the recommendations made by the United Nations Secretary-General's Representative on Internally Displaced Persons following his visit to Uganda
Lucy Hovil & Moses Chrispus Okello
Report commissioned by Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
2nd Edition, October 2006
Original press release & Report of original launch (March 2006)
Second Edition press release & Commentary on the Second Edition (October 2006)

Portrait of a Failed Rebellion
An Account of Rational, Sub-Optimal Violence in Western Uganda
Lucy Hovil & Eric Werker
Rationality and Society Vol. 17 No. 1, February 2005

Legal and Psychosocial Department's Field Visit Reports

• Rhino Camp & Madi Okollo refugee settlements (4-14 December)
• Kiryandongo refugee settlement (14-26 July)
• Kyangwali refugee settlement (10-22 June)
• Kyaka II refugee settlement (7-18 April)
• Ikafe & Invempi refugee settlements (22 Feb-4 March)
• Kenya border refugee camps (11-13 March)

• Madi Okollo refugee settlement (5-16 Nov)
• Kyangwali refugee settlement (3-15 Aug.)
• Nakivale refugee settlement (3-14 July)
• Kyaka II refugee settlement (21 May-1 June)
• Rhino camp refugee settlement (April)

• Nakivale refugee settlement (10-24 Oct)