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  THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON KEY EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIROMENT OF HRDS IN UGANDA THE WEEK OF 23 RD TO 29 TH JANUARY 2023 Dear reader, Welcome to this new week! At the start of last week, the Uganda National NGO Forum, a national platform for NGOs in Uganda with a membership of over 650 NGOs across the country, on Monday January 23, 2023 held the Civil Society New Year Statement under the theme “ Fortifying Our Efforts in Standing for the Marginalized .” The statement was read by Ms. Margaret Sekaggya the Chairperson of the Board at Uganda National NGO Forum. The statement highlighted some key continuing challenges and among these were: the state of national economy, the growing public debt, loss of confidence in the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), shrinking of civic space and human rights situation and the increase in road accidents in the country.   Watch the full statement reading in a video by Ci...

  THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON KEY EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIROMENT OF HRDS IN UGANDA THE WEEK OF 16 TH TO 22 ND JANUARY 2023 Dear reader, Welcome to this new week! As HRCU continues to research, monitor and document emerging issues within the working environment of HRDs, the call also goes to all collaborators, HRDs, State and no state actors to continue contributing and supporting strategies like such. In the course of last week, HRCU’s ED Ms. Margaret Sekaggya was invited by the Uganda Human Rights Commission in a two day training for three newly appointed commissioners at the Commission. The newly appointed commissioners include Hon. Simeo Nsubuga, Col. Steven Basaliza and Hon. Omara Apita. HRCU and HRDs at large look forward to the usual cooperation and partnership from the UHRC and the newly appointed commissioners in advancing the protection and promotion of rights and fundamental freedoms in Uganda. The...

    THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON KEY EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIROMENT OF HRDS IN UGANDA THE WEEK OF 9 TH TO 15 TH JANUARY 2023 Dear reader, Happy New Year, 2023! HRCU welcomes you to this New Year, mindful that a new year usually comes with new projections, opportunities and desirable achievements. At HRCU, we remain committed to the effective implementation of our mandate which is contributing to the promotion, protection and fulfillment of human rights, particularly those of HRDs across the country and the region at large. In addition, we look forward to strengthening further existing partnerships with our key development partners, creating new networks with HRDs for enhanced advocacy initiatives. HRCU looks forward to your usual collaboration and solidarity as we together work towards improving on the situation of human rights protection and promotion and the working environment of HRDs across the country...