RLP Press Releases

The RLP issues press releases on numerous topics with some being published in the Ugandan dailies

Court rules that all Ugandans have a right to privacy and dignity: Tremendous boost to constitutional rights and protection of sexual and other minorities
"....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

Attachments:
1) The Court Ruling   (PDF Version 226 kb) Download

2) MP3 Audio Version (13 Minutes)

       

The Rise & Fall of Human Rights in Uganda?: Human Rights Day, 10th December 2010.
"...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

In Support of Co-ordinated Governance for National Reconciliation: International Day of Peace; 21 September 2010
"......as part of integrating conflict resolution into government institutional frameworks, Uganda needs to seriously reconsider the impacts of its current practice of rampant decentralization........"
A press release by Refugee Law Project

Mass Removal of Rwandans from Ugandan Refugee Settlements
"... Reports indicate that those targeted in this manner were lured with the promise that they would be granted refugee status and food. Instead they were met by a large number of Ugandan police who rounded them up and forced them onto trucks......."
A press release by International Refugee Rights Initiative and Refugee Law Project

Rwandan Refugees to lose their status by December 2011: Is Rwanda safe for all its citizens to return?
A press release by the Refugee Law Project - World Refugee Day(20 June 2010).

In Pursuit of an End to Impunity A review of the review conference of the ICC, held at Speke Resort, Munyonyo, Kampala, from May 31 to June 11 2010
A press release by the Refugee Law Project - On the occasion of Sweden and Norway's national day(15 June 2010).

EMBRACE DIVERSITY; End Discrimination In Uganda!
A press release by the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law - Human Rights Day (10 December 2009).

Giving With One Hand and Taking with the Other: How Forced Migrants living with HIV/AIDS are affected by Legislation
Refugee Law Project Press Release on World AIDS Day (1st Dec. 2009)

Anti-Homosexuality or Anti-Human Rights Bill?
A Statement from the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law after the Anti-Homosexuality Bill was tabled in Parliament (23 October 2009)

Transitional Justice is key to addressing the challenge of mass displacement in Africa
A press release made by Refugee Law Project ahead of the African Union special summit on refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and returnees in Africa , 19 October 2009)

No Body is Immune: Gender Against Men
A press release made in connection to the RLP produced documentary, "Gender Against Men", that was launched on 4 June 2009. (Published in Daily Monitor and The New Vision, 04 June 2009)

Press release on Rwandese repatriation
A press release in response to the decision by the Governments of Uganda and Rwanda, with the UNHCR, to repatriate all Rwandese refugees in Uganda by 31 July 2009. (Published in The Daily Monitor, 15 May 2009)

Burundians Fear Possibility of Forced Return
A Press release on the forceful repatriation of approximately 3,000 Rwandese refugees from the Kibati zone in Nakivale refugee settlement. (Published in The Daily Monitor, 26 October 2007)

Help Kenya Refugees
An opinion letter on Kenyan refugees following the post-presidential election violence in Kenya. (Published in The Daily Monitor, 15 April 2008)

To Look Forward We Must First Look Back
A joint statement with the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) and the Faculty of Law, Makerere University. (Published in The Daily Monitor, 5 October 2006 and The New Vision, 6 October 2006)

European Union Leadership Needed as Peace Talks Remain Fragile
A joint statement with Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). (5 October 2006)

Not a Crime to Talk: Give Peace a Chance in Northern Uganda
A joint statement with Human Rights Focus (HURIFO) on the Juba Peace Talks. (Jul 2006)

Newspaper Articles

RLP staff occasionally contribute articles in the Uganda press

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? ......."
By Dr Chris Dolan, Director of the Refugee Law Project

Whatever Happened to True Justice by Dr. Chris Dolan. (Published in The Daily Monitor, 7 June 2007)

Why the ICC Must Withdraw Indictments against the Top LRA Leaders: A Legal Perspective by Zachary Lomo. (Published in The Sunday Monitor, 20 August 2006)