From Access to Equality (FATE); Empowering Women to Access Justice in Uganda

Funding: The Embassy Of The Kingdom Of The Netherlands Duration: 4 years (April 2021 > March 2025)

Press release: International Court of Justice Ruling in the DRC v. Uganda Case: Ensuring a Victim-Focused and Effective Implementation of the Reparations Order

On 9 February 2022, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Uganda to pay $325 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for damages to persons, property and natural resources resulting from Uganda’s military intervention in the wars in the DRC between 1998-2003. This follows on from the 2005 judgment in…

International Women’s Day – Uganda, Climate and gender justice: Empowering women and girls to pursue justice in an environment that serves their needs

Statement – The resumption of the Kwoyelo trial offers a ray of hope for the victims and accuses persons, but how committed is the judiciary to delivering this?

Press release – Dominic Ongwen: Ugandan victims must be at the centre of reparations proceedings

Report – Access to land rights and transitional justice: Experiences of returnees and displaced persons in Northern Uganda

Policy Brief – Reparation as a human right, not a political favour

Policy brief – What does due diligence mean in a shrinking – and militarised – civic space? An analysis of corporate obligations in Uganda’s Oil and Gas sectors

Promoting access to justice through community-based mediation programs

In Uganda, access to justice is limited by the financial resources of local populations but also by the geographical distance to the courts of law. In this context, ASF focuses on the training of community-based mediators to promote access to justice and enable local populations to claim their rights.

(French) Presse release – Ugandan civil society organizations send a petition to the chief justice regarding the impact of Covid-19 measures on human rights and freedoms

Country: Uganda