Muwanga Kivumbi Vs. Attorney General

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ASF in Tanzania

General context Tanzania, the largest country in East Africa, is a union of the separate states of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. In contrast to some of the neighbours, it has never experienced sustained violent conflict, at least on the mainland. While it has, ever since independence, been dominated by the single ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)…

Defending the defence: The lawyer faced with the peril of repression

Legal proceedings, harassment, intimidation, deprivation of liberty, and sometimes direct physical harm. Throughtout the world, lawyers working on behalf of human rights, civil society or vulnerable groups are threatened and attacked simply for doing their job. This is the reality that we and our partners have to face wherever we operate. Our teams report repeated…

East Africa – Protecting civic space: A public interest litigation approach

In 2022, ASF’s East Africa office launched a project covering three countries in the region: Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda. The objective of the project is to contribute to the advancement of the rule of law through the understanding and usage of regional human rights treaty bodies, mechanisms and instruments by local civil societies organisations.

ASF’s East Africa regional hub

In recent years, ASF has progressively adopted a regional approach to its activities in East Africa. To lead the organisation development in the region and enable the implementation of strong and coherent regional strategies, a regional hub was created in Kampala in 2021.

Justice ExPEERience: a network and a platform for the promotion of human rights

Justice ExPEERience is an international network of actors active in the promotion of human rights on all five continents. It is above all a collaborative network, in which members are invited to share their experiences and expertise, but also to work together, in coalitions or communities of practice, on concrete projects for monitoring human rights…

Thomas Kwoyelo trial: Prosecution moves close to wind-up presenting its witness

The Trial of Thomas Kwoyelo resumed on 17th April 2023 and is scheduled to run up to the end of the month at the International Crimes Division of the High Court (ICD) sitting at Gulu High Court in Gulu City, Northern Uganda.

Local advocacy forum and launch of the baseline report on social-economic and grounds for incarceration

ASF is launching its baseline report Protecting constitutional and procedural rights of pre-trial detainees through access to justice in Uganda on Thursday 19 January 2023 during a local advocacy forum organised in the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala. This local advocacy forum will provide a platform for criminal justice actors to deliberate on emerging issues as…

Consolidating discussions on transitional justice: the debate on access to land rights in the Acholi sub-region

In recent years, numerous and continued conflicts about land use and ownership in the Acholi subregion have led to strong debate among the Ugandan population. But the discussions surrounding this issue have too often omitted to include it in the broader debate around transitional justice.

Closing plenary

Thursday 13 October | 15.40 – 17.00Plenary session How to reposition justice at the heart of social and political regulation? Moderator: Romain Ravet, Regional director in Eastern Africa, Avocats Sans Frontières (Uganda)

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