Arua City | February 2023: The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda in collaboration with the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), organized a human rights training for senior police officers in the West Nile sub-region.
Hoima|Wakiso | Sept. 2022: A baseline study for the Pre-Trial Detention population in selected prisons found that 37% of detainees had low levels of education and earned less due to the nature of their work.
Fort Portal | October 2022: The Rwenzori region remains one of Uganda's most conflict-prone and fragile regions because of the porous border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, with recurrent eruptions of armed conflicts and influx of refugees into Uganda.
Luzira | 10 October 2022: The World Day Against the Death Penalty under the theme ‘Death penalty: A road paved with torture’ advocates for its abolition raising awareness of the conditions which affect prisoners with death sentences and the need to reconsider the use of the punis
Every year, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate Human Rights Day on 10 December – a landmark day when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly.
Moroto | November 2022: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda, together with Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), UNICEF and the Training School of Uganda Police Force (UPF), conducted a Training of Trainers on human rights standa
Lira City | December 2022: The regional police commander, north Kyoga region Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Obura Deo has committed to incorporate human rights in police operations under his command area.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda in partnership with the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) convened a two-day workshop on forced widow inheritance with participation of 29 Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) from all districts of Karamoja
Kampala | November 2022: Media practitioners in Uganda have been urged to know their rights and access justice in courts of law.
Kaabong |8 December: The 49th session of the Karamoja Regional Protection Meeting (KRPM) took place on 8 December 2022 in Kaabong District to discuss recent human rights issues and concerns in the Karamoja sub region.