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This is a group of word documents that are examples of those what would need to be filed in court in the High Court in Uganda a action taken to stop or obtain redress for an illegal eviction. The documents include the documents by which an application is made and affidavits showing the type of […]
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Abstract: In August 2011, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced that he planned to give away part of Mabira rainforest to a sugar corporation to grow a sugarcane plantation and enhance sugar production in the country… This Note argues that the Ugandans opposed to the give-away of forest land to private companies can bring public interest […]
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This article explores land reform that integrates statutory and customary tenure. It examine what this implies for tenure security of customary landholders. Land reform inevitably feeds into institutional multiplicity and competition, and serves as a venue for the renegotiation of land governing authorities and regulations. In Uganda, through such reform, customary authorities are delegitimised and […]
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SAFE: Supporting Access to Justice, Fostering Equity and Peace (USAID-SAFE Programme), a five-year development program (2012 – 2017), aims to strengthen the Government of Uganda’s (GoU) capacity with respect to peace building and conflict mitigation. The SAFE Program supports a core set of activities in two component areas: “Access to Justice” and “Peace and […]
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Directory of Organisational Profiles This resource features organisations in Uganda that are currently known to provide legal advice and assistance in both criminal and civil cases by advocates, non-lawyers (i.e. bar training course students under the supervision of an advocate, and law graduates awaiting enrolment), law clinic students, paralegals, as well as community volunteers.
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Promoting community legal volunteers to safeguard land rights in Uganda. Supporting Access to Justice, Fostering Equity and Peace (USAID-SAFE) commissioned the development of this Handbook as part of its objective to strengthen the Government of Uganda’s (GoU) capacity with respect to peace building and conflict mitigation. This initiative is part of efforts to provide assistance, […]
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Based in Brussels, Belgium. Date established: 1992 Description: Avocats Sans Frontières is an international NGO specialised in defending human rights and supporting justice. ASF intervenes in countries where human rights are not respected, where political violence and armed conflict reign, and where legal rules are flouted. Provides legal advice and support through its programmes and […]
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PILAC was established at the School of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda in 1998. PILAC’s mission is to challenge academic, political and social elitism, promote equality and non-discriminatory access to justice, and facilitate the greater protection of human rights at the national, regional and international levels. PILAC’s vision is to build a cadre of lawyers […]
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This training toolkit seeks to strengthen understanding of property rights for women and men as equal citizens. Because women in Uganda are often not treated as equal citizens, toolkit materials address what rights women have, how to communicate women’s rights, and the issues preventing women from exercising their rights. The overarching goals of the training […]
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