Uganda Human Rights Commission

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The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) which is the national human rights institution constitutionally established to promote and protect human rights in Uganda is deeply concerned about some of the recent developments in the country that directly or indirectly curtail the full enjoyment of human rights and pose serious threats to the fundamental principles of fairness, non-discrimination, privacy, supremacy of the Constitution and the sanctity of human dignity for all. The Uganda Human Rights Commission is mandated to offer guidance on any emerging human rights issues in the country by pointing out human rights concerns that require urgent attention and action by government and other stakeholders. Today therefore the UHRC will highlight human rights issues in three major areas of concern namely the suspension of pregnant students and denial to sit end of semester examinations by the Christian University in Kabale; outstanding human rights issues among the re-settled communities around Mt Elgon and the human rights situation of refugees in the West Nile sub region. However before I delve into the above issues I wish on behalf of the Uganda Human Rights Commission to express our profound shock and disappointment at the reported break-in at the Human Rights Network - Uganda (HURINET-U) office premises last Sunday. HURINET is one of the major partners of UHRC in the in the civil society fraternity and one of the most active Human Rights Defenders in the country. The UHRC notes that such break-ins involving Human Rights Defenders' premises have been reported before and it is worrying that such criminal acts still continue to happen. The UHRC strongly condemns these criminal acts in which HURINET is reported to have lost vital equipment and property and calls on the Police to urgently investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to book.Read more

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