Country: Uganda

Which authority is competent to place someone in police custody?

– Magistrate – Police officer
On what grounds and when can someone be placed in custody?

To conduct an inquiry and a police interrogation
What is police custody under Ugandan law?

Confinement of an arrested person in the police station for processing
Which authority is competent to make an administrative arrest?

– Magistrate – Police officer
On what grounds and when can someone be arrested (administrative arrest)?

– To keep peace – As preventive action
Is there a form of administrative arrest?

Yes
On what grounds and when can someone be arrested (judicial arrest)?

In execution of an order of a court or upon reasonable suspicion to have committed an offence
Which authority is competent to make a judicial arrest?

– Magistrate – Police officer – Officer in charge of a police station – Private person
What is a judicial arrest under Ugandan law?

Act of apprehending a person in response to an alleged commission of an offence
Uganda: ASF supports legal actors in international criminal law

ASF just published its Training Manual on International Criminal Law at a lawyers training. This manual will serve as information and training tool and resource for legal trainers in Uganda. Ultimately, the objective is to support legal actors in defending the rights of victims of international crimes, as well as those who perpetrated these crimes…