Press Releases

HRAPF’s Call for Applications for the position of a Data Officer

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF DATA OFFICER Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) is an independent, nonpartisan, registered non-governmental organisation. HRAPF focuses on ensuring that human rights of all persons including marginalised persons and key populations are respected and protected. HRAPF currently seeks to recruit a qualified and dedicated Data Officer to join our team. The individual will be responsible for timely monitoring, data collection, and...

THE SPOTLIGHT Newsletter: July – September 2024

HRAPF’S WORK AIMS AT ACHIEVING EQUALITY, NON-DISCRIMINATION AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR THE MOST AT RISK PERSONS IN UGANDA   Dear Reader, We are delighted to present the 15th issue of the HRAPF Spotlight Newsletter, where we share the highlights of our interventions during the third quarter of 2024 (July-September 2024). In the quarter, HRAPF implemented its activities under the following programmes: the Access to Justice Programme, Health Rights...

HRAPF’s Report on cases of violence and Violations based on real or presumed SOGI for May 2024

REPORT ON VIOLENCE AND VIOLATIONS BASED ON REAL OR PRESUMED SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2024 11th June 2024 This is the 12th monthly report on violence and other human rights violations on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression since the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 (AHA) came into force. The report marks a full calendar year since the AHA came into force on...

HRAPF’s Press statement for International Women’s Day 2024

PRESS STATEMENT Kampala, Friday 8th March 2024 Commemoration of International Women’s Day 2024 Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum would like to join the rest of the world as we celebrate International Women’s Day under the theme of “Inspire Inclusion,”. it is crucial that a comprehensive approach should be taken in order to ensure the rights and well-being of ALL women in their diversities particularly those whose voices are...

The Uganda Anti Homosexuality Act 2023 Reference as filed before the EACJ

The Uganda Anti Homosexuality Act 2023 Reference as filed before the EACJ

HRAPF’s Legal analysis of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023

HRAPF’s Analysis of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023

HRAPF Press statement for International Human Rights Day 2022

HRAPF Press Statement on International Safe Abortion Day

PRESS STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL SAFE ABORTION DAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2018  Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) Joins the World in Commemorating International Safe Abortion Day. “Normalising Abortion its Part of Our Lives” The fact that abortion is criminalised in Uganda with very little exception continues to contribute to the alarming rates of maternal mortality in the country. In 2016, the Guttmacher Institute released a study suggesting that there...

Dismissal of Abortion Case Against a Health Worker

Since November 2016, HRAPF has been handling a case in Mbarara involving a health care worker who provided post-abortion care to a young lady that regrettably died of post-abortion complications. The health worker was charged with manslaughter following the death of the patient, and has been answering said charges before the Chief Magistrate. During this time, HRAPF has worked tirelessly to ensure that the client is afforded a fair...

Kenya Court of Appeal declares Anal Examinations as unconstitutional

Last week the Kenya Court of Appeal made a land mark decision on subjection of suspected gay men to forced anal examinations in a bid to obtain evidence of engagement in consensual same sex conduct against them, in a case that was filed by the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC), an LGBTQ rights legal advocacy organisation in Kenya. The ruling which declared anal examinations as a...