Uganda

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Uganda has made much progress in reducing poverty and promoting stability in past years, particularly through improvements on several justice-related indicators. Despite these gains, the justice sector still faces significant challenges relating to funding and capacity, public perceptions of pervasive corruption, inaccessibility of services for the poor sections of the population, low quality and sustainability of the legal aid and information services, costliness and slow speeds of dispute resolution, among others. These challenges have negatively affected citizens’ confidence in the formal system leading people to resort to other means to seek recourse and may also increase the likelihood of violence and further corruption. There is a therefore a need for effective interventions to enhance the reach, quality and sustainability of access to justice in Uganda.

UGANDA: Promote Healthy Diets through Legal Empowerment and Social Accountability Mechanisms, Using a Human Rights-Based, Participatory, Multi-Sectoral Approach

This sub-project aimed to strengthen human rights-based advocacy initiatives to support regulatory and fiscal measures that promote healthy diets by adopting a two-pronged approach based on (i) multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder advocacy platforms; and (ii) legal empowerment through awareness-raising and capacity development. The Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) contributed to healthy diet reforms through the establishment of an Advocacy Working Group (AWG) consisting of representatives from the Government, civil society organizations (CSOs), academia and the media.

UGANDA: Promoting Community Access to Justice Project (PCAJP)

This sub-project aimed to enhance access to justice for rural, vulnerable, and marginalized communities of Kakumiro, Kyegegwa, Kikuube and Kagadi districts in mid-western Uganda by strengthening informal justice mechanisms and increasing community participation in the delivery of justice services.

UGANDA: Enhancing Equitable Access to Land Justice for All

This sub-project aimed to improve access to land justice for the poor and vulnerable population in Uganda by developing increased cooperation between informal and formal land governance, as well as increased community responsiveness towards land rights.

UGANDA: Strengthening Gender Responsive Treatment of Women in Conflict with the Law in Western Uganda

This sub-project aimed to scale up a new model of gender-sensitive sentencing and effective delivery of gender-sensitive community service orders in Western Uganda. Working closely with the Judiciary and the Uganda Prisons Service, Penal Reform International (PRI) strengthened the capacity of criminal justice actors on the management of women offenders and improving representation and support for women offenders in Uganda.

IDLO Director-General, Jan Beagle's Statement at the Joint Conference of the East African Chief Justices’ forum and the East African Judicial Education Committee

Statement by the Director-General, Jan Beagle at the Joint Conference of the East African Chief Justices’ Forum and the East African Judicial Education Committee

Honourable Chief Justices,

Members of the East African Judiciaries,

Distinguished Guests,

East African Chief Justices (CJs) and Judicial Education Committee (EAJEC) Forums

EVENT | 10-12 May | Kigali, Rwanda

UGANDA: Enhancing Sustainable Access to Justice for Adequate Living Rights through Legal Empowerment and Social Accountability in Rural Communities in Uganda

This sub-project sought to contribute to sustainable access to justice by working with – and strengthening the capacity of – rural vulnerable communities and justice actors to seek and claim adequate living rights using the 2019 Human Rights (Enforcement) Act (HREA) in the three (3) districts of Buyende, Kiboga and Kyaknwanzi in Uganda. The Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) established three (3) Community Advocacy Groups (CAGs) to support vulnerable persons to claim adequate living rights and obligations.

UGANDA: Strengthening Community-Led Redress Initiative for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

This sub-project aimed to enhance access to justice among adolescent girls and young women by strengthening response mechanisms, linkages and collaboration between formal and informal justice systems in the targeted districts of Tororo, Butaleja, and Busia in Uganda. The Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRHR) Alliance identified and trained Community Response Agents to effectively respond to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) cases.

East and Horn of Africa Paralegals Network (EAHPN) Annual Forum

Paralegal networks play a critical role in establishing a link between the informal and formal justice systems in the East and Horn of Africa.

Key Initiatives

Evaluation of the project "DREAMS: HIV services for adolescent girls and young women"

As part of IDLO’s continuous commitment to accountability and results-based management, IDLO is pleased to share this Evaluation Brief for the project, "Integrating Legal Empowerment and Social Accountability for Quality HIV Health Services for Adolescent Girls and Young Women". The evaluation has been conducted by independent evaluation experts, supervised by IDLO’s Evaluation Unit. This exercise utilized a theory-driven, mixed-method approach, in line with the IDLO Evaluation Guidelines and OECD DAC standards.
Evaluation of the “Law Schools – HIV” Project

As part of IDLO’s continuous commitment to accountability and results-based management, IDLO is pleased to share this Evaluati