HRAPF releases research report on laws regulating sex work in Uganda
On Wednesday, 26 October 2016, Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) launched a report entitled ‘Legal Regulation of Sex Work in Uganda: Exploring the Current Trends and their Impact on the Human Rights of Sex Workers’. The study, undertaken in collaboration with Women’s Organisation Network for Human Rights...New: HRAPF Releases Research Report on Enforcement of Criminal Abortion Laws in Uganda
On Tuesday, 6 December 2016, HRAPF released a report on the enforcement of criminal abortion laws in Uganda and its impact on women and health workers. The study set out to examine the trends of enforcement of Uganda’s criminal abortion laws, and the particular experiences of women and health...HRAPF WORLD AIDS DAY 2016 PRESS RELEASE
HRAPF WORLD AIDS DAY PRESS RELEASE 30TH NOVEMBER 2016 LET US FIGHT HIV/AIDS WITH NO ONE LEFT BEHIND Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) joins the rest of the world to commemorate this year’s International World AIDS Day. The global theme for the AIDS campaign is Zero New...Section 15(6)(d) of Uganda’s Equal Opportunities Commission Act declared Unconstitutional
The Constitutional Court of Uganda delivered its judgment in the case Adrian Jjuuko v Attorney General, on 10th November 2016. The case which was filed on 5th January 2009 challenged Section 15(6)(d) of the Equal Opportunities Commission Act. The provision barred the Commission from investigating “any matter involving behavior...HRAPF launches new report on legal regulation of drug use in Uganda
On Wednesday, 26 October 2016, HRAPF released a research report on the legal regulation of drug use in Uganda. HRAPF has undertaken this detailed study on the legal and policy framework relating to PWUDs in Uganda in collaboration with the Uganda Harm Reduction Network (UHRN). The study analyses the...
