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(Fort Portal City) 18 Dec.

In line with the commitment of the UN System in Uganda to promoting human rights and interagency coordination and capacity building, and monitoring fulfilment of United Nations’ institutional commitments on human rights and gender equality, the UN Human Rights and Gender Advisory Group (HRGAG) un

(Kotido). The 45th session of the Karamoja Regional Protection Meeting (KRPM) took place on 4 November 2021 in Kotido District to discuss among others, the human rights situation in the sub region. 

(Mbarara | Fort Portal) 10 Feb.

7-8 December 2021(Karamoja) Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) have recounted how they were marginalized and excluded from the planning processes of the COVID-19 response programs nor and how they did not benefit from COVID-19 program packages.

The UN Human Rights Office in Uganda commenced a three-day human rights capacity building training for forty senior police officers from the districts of Nwoya, Omoro, Amuru, Lamwo and Pader- ASWA sub-region.

The Office of the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner (OHCHR) in Uganda supported Wakiso District Human Rights Committee to conduct a community policing and human rights dialogue for district local government leaders, Civil society and Uganda Police Officers.

Ahead of the 2021 general elections, OHCHR, in partnership with UHRC and UN Women, trained 71 journalists in human rights and gender. “The credibility and integrity of any election is determined by the degree to which human rights are observed and respected durin

Youth and women have a central role in the peace architecture, but also in sustaining peace and in the prevention of conflict – which is a very relevant role in the context of elections.

The UN Human Rights Office, the Uganda Police Force, and the Uganda Human Rights Commission conducted a three-day capacity building in human rights for 38 (30 male and 8 female) senior police officers from Kasese and Bundibugyo districts in the Rwenzori sub-region.