Opening ceremony of the High-Level Regional Conference on Land and Conflict in the East and Horn of Africa
Statement by the Director-General, Ms Jan Beagle
Uganda
English
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: Enhancing Access to Justice for the Marginalized and Vulnerable Communities in Uganda
This sub-project aims to enhance access to justice for marginalized and vulnerable communities of Kabale, Masindi, Kabarole, Gulu, Jinja, Kampala, in Uganda. The Uganda Law Society (ULS), through its legal aid clinics, is providing the indigent, vulnerable and marginalized communities with quality legal aid services, such as legal advice, counselling, alternative dispute resolution and court representation.
UGANDA: Enhancing Leadership, Influence and Movement Building for Improved Gender Justice
This sub-project aims to improve access to justice for poor, vulnerable and marginalized women in Uganda. The Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET) is enhancing the capacity of selected Parliamentary Committees on gender justice and gender-responsiveness, and reviewing gender-related Bills for compliance with women’s and human rights’ standards.
UGANDA: Enhanced Access to Justice for Poor, Vulnerable Women, Children and Marginalized Communities
This sub-project seeks to enhance access to justice for poor, vulnerable women, children and marginalized communities in the districts of Iganga, Lamwo, Wakiso, and Kampala in Uganda.
Uganda - Cleaning Services RFQ N_965-UGA_21
CONTRACT FOR PROCUREMENT OF CLEANING SERVICES IN UGANDA
UGANDA: Supporting Legal Aid Service Providers (LASPs) to Enhance Access to Justice for the Poor, Vulnerable and Marginalized in Uganda
This sub-project aimed to enhance access to justice for poor, vulnerable and marginalized people in Uganda, by strengthening legal aid service delivery. In close cooperation with IDLO, the Legal Aid Service Providers Network (LASPNET) strengthened the capacity of Legal Aid Service Providers (LASPs) to deliver quality services by equipping them with standardized legal aid resource materials and knowledge on project management.
UGANDA: Promote Healthy Diets through Legal Empowerment and Social Accountability Mechanisms, Using a Human Rights-Based, Participatory, Multi-Sectoral Approach
The 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. In this framework, CEFROHT contributed to healthy diet reforms through the establishment of an Advocacy Working Group (AWG) composed of representatives from Government, civil society organizations (CSOs), academia and the media.
UGANDA: Promoting Community Access to Justice Project (PCAJP)
This sub-project aims 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.
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The COVID-19 pandemic poses a significant threat to the right to food for populations, and especially for marginalized groups. In many countries, COVID-19 is intertwining with pre-existing factors affecting food security and nutrition, by limiting the access to affordable and nutritious food, including lack of economic opportunities, extreme weather conditions, ongoing conflicts and more.
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