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  THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON COVID-19 AND KEY EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIROMENT OF HRDS IN UGANDA THE WEEK OF 21 ST TO 27 ST FEBRUARY 2022 Welcome to a new week which leads us into March, 2022! We are pleased to share with you some of issues that emerged from last week (21 st to 27 th February, 2022) within the working environment of HRDs in Uganda. Monitoring, documenting, assessment and reporting of the situation of HRDs in one way or another supplements and contributes to the improvement of their working environment. In the course of last week, the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights started hearings to investigate allegations of torture and enforced disappearances in the country. https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/127838/parliament-starts-probe-into-allegations-of-t The Rt. Hon. Prime minister of Uganda Ms. Robinah Nabbanja conducted a pre- visit for the launching of the Parish Development Model ...

THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON COVID-19 AND KEY EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIROMENT OF HRDS IN UGANDA THE WEEK OF 14 TH TO 20 TH FEBRUARY 2022 Welcome to this new week, another opportunity for us to advocate for a better environment where human rights and fundamental freedoms are promoted protected and realized. It remains pertinent for us to continue generating new ideas on how to address the emerging human rights issues since some may require diverse approaches. In the course of last week; There were concerns on the continued acts of torture in the country and some survivors of torture, petitioned the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) indicating that they were not happy with Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) for its silence on the continued acts of torture and human rights violation: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/torture-survivors-petition-un-to-stop-funding-uhrc-3717144 Parli...

  THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON COVID-19 AND KEY EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIROMENT OF HRDS IN UGANDA THE WEEK OF 7 TH TO 13 TH FEBRUARY 2022 Hello! As we all strive to promote and protect human rights in our different spaces, HRCU is pleased to always share with you some of the indispensable stories with the aim keeping you updated on what is within the environment where we operate. In the course of last week: The Speaker of Parliament, Ms. Anita Among was concerned about the human rights violations in the country and she went on and requested the parliamentary committee on human rights to carry out investigations https://www.independent.co.ug/parliament-to-investigate-human-rights-violations/ . The International Court of Justice   ICJ in the Hague ruled in favor of Congo and ordered Uganda was ordered to compensate Congo a $325   in reparations https://www.independent.co.ug/icj-orders-uganda-to-pay-325-million...

Good morning dear Human Rights Defender and HRCU Partner; Well done in all spheres of life, especially in the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. This communication is to check with you to see that you didn’t miss some of the news items. Please receive and read through the links shared herein. Our mandate is to contribute to a society where everyone enjoys their universally recognized/inherent rights and freedoms; a society where everyone is treated with respect and dignity; where institutions actually operate independently to protect the citizenry at all material times. It is everyone’s responsibility to work individually or in association with others to advocate for an end to torture, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment and to promote all other rights spelt out in Chapter Four of the Constitution and other regional and international human rights instruments. COVID19 UPDATES Results of COVID-19 tests done on 6 February 2022 confirm 67 ...