International Development Law Organization

Uganda

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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 Quality and Sustainable Legal Aid Services for the Marginalized and Vulnerable Communities in Uganda

Building on results achieved through previous programming, this sub-project aims to strengthen access to justice for the vulnerable and marginalized communities in Uganda. In order to increase the ability of vulnerable and marginalized persons to exercise and claim their rights, the Uganda Law Society (ULS) is conducting a series of community awareness-raising activities on legal rights, justice pathways, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms and available legal services.

UGANDA: Promote Healthy Diets through Legal Empowerment and Social Accountability Mechanisms Using a Human Rights-Based, Participatory, Multi-Sectoral Approach

This sub-project aims to contribute to an enabling environment in Uganda in support of fiscal and regulatory measures that promote healthy diets. The Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) is organizing a series of advocacy initiatives and policy dialogues engaging with policy and lawmakers on regulatory and fiscal measures that support healthier food environments, in order to strengthen rights-based advocacy interventions, collaboration and coordination among key stakeholders.

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Key Initiatives

  • 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.
  • Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes represent a major challenge for sustainable development and the achievement of Agenda 2030. They hamper social and economic development, increase inequalities, and perpetuate poverty. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), each year NCDs contribute to the deaths of 17 million people under the age of 70, with 86% of these premature deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries.
  • Like other countries on the African continent, the Ugandan justice sector faces many challenges. Citizens demonstrate a widespread distrust towards formal justice institutions, which are perceived as corrupt, removed from the communities, expensive and slow to resolve disputes. This lack of confidence in the formal system leads people to resort to other means to seek recourse, and may also increase the likelihood of violence and further corruption.
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