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Update on next steps in the legislative process regarding the Sexual Offences Bill
Although our analysis uses the word Act, the law at present is officially still a Bill and will only become an Act after receiving presidential Assent under article 91 of the Constitution. The reason we referred to it as an Act in the Analysis is because it will only have impact after it has become an Act so our analysis is speculative. This means that at this stage, there... -
68th Ordinary Session of The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
STATEMENT BY HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS AND PROMOTION FORUM (HRAPF) ON THE CONTINUED VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF VULNERABLE MINORITIES IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 RESPONSE Presented at the 68th Ordinary Session of The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights held in Banjul, The Gambia. Mr. Chairperson, Commissioners, and distinguished delegates. Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum would like to extend its appreciation to the Government of Uganda for the... -
Hrapf’s Annual Staff Retreat 2021
RETREAT.RETHINK.RELEARN: HRAPF’S ANNUAL STAFF RETREAT 2021 As it is HRAPF custom yearly, HRAPF held her unprecedented annual staff retreat early this year to kick start the working year 2021. Unlike recent retreats, where we would go out of town to unwind and plan away from the hustle and bustle of town, we had our 2021 staff retreat at our new home, The HRAPF house. The retreat was an opportunity... -
HRAFP’s End Of Year 2020 Letter
Dear all, Hope you are enjoying the holidays so far. We have not been able to fully close our offices for the end of year as the political and human rights situation continues to worsen, and as such HRAPF remains open to handle emergency matters. Today, we just returned from the Anti Corruption Court where our colleague Nicholas Opiyo was granted bail. He is charged with money laundering seemingly... -
HRAPF’s statement on the International Human Rights day, 2020
As Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate the International Human Rights day under the theme; ‘Recover better, stand up for human rights’, HRAPF issued a Press Statement in the Daily Monitor entitled; “THE NEED TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE AND MOST MARGINALISED DURING THE COVID-19 RECOVERY PROCESS’. The Executive Director, Dr. Adrian Jjuuko also held a media interview and the extract can be found through the... -
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... -
HRAPF’s IDAHOT Statement
PRESS STATEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA AND BIPHOBIA (IDAHOT) 17 May 2018 LET US END HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF PERSONS BASED ON THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND/OR GENDER IDENTITY IN UGANDA Every year on the 17th of May, the world celebrates the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. This date was chosen in commemoration of the day on which the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality... -
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...
