The Spotlight Newsletter – October – December 2024
Dear Reader, Happy New Year 2025!! We are pleased to share the 16th edition of the HRAPF Spotlight Newsletter, bringing you key highlights from our work in the fourth quarter of 2024 (October–December). During this period, HRAPF continued its commitment to advancing human rights through our core programmes:...
HRAPF’s Press statement in commemoration of the World AIDS Day, 2024
On this World AIDS Day, Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) stands in solidarity with the millions of people around the world, particularly in Uganda, who are living with HIV. This year’s theme, “Take the Rights Path”, emphasizes the critical importance of upholding human rights as central to...
HRAPF’s Press Statement in commemoration of the International Human Rights Day 2024
Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) joins the world to commemorate International Human Rights Day 2024 under the theme “Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now.” This theme serves as a reminder that the full realisation of human rights is not just a future goal but a present necessity....
THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE MAGAZINE: Call for Contributions
THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE MAGAZINE: Call for Contributions Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) publishes the Human Rights Advocate magazine on an annual basis. The magazine highlights human rights issues and areas for reform in Uganda’s laws with a view to protecting vulnerable and marginalized groups. This year’s...
Press Statement on the Case of Henry Mukiibi & 20 Others vs Attorney General
HIGH COURT FINDS MAYOR LIABLE FOR VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS TO FREEDOM FROM TORTURE, INHUMAN AND DEGRADING TREATMENT AND THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF 20 SUSPECTED LGBTIQ YOUTHS ARRESTED DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN On 22nd November 2024, Justice Dr. Douglas Karekona Singiza of the High Court of Uganda issued...
