An Analysis Of The Sufficiency Of The Domestic Violence Law In Uganda A Case Of Kampala District

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

DECLARATION .............................................................................................................................. i

APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................... ii

LIST OF STATUTES ...................................................................................................................... v

LIST OF CASES .......................................................................................................................... vii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................ viii

CHAPTER ONE .............................................................................................................................. I

1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. .. 1

1.1.1 Background of the study ......................................................................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of the problem ........................................................................................................... 9

1.3 Objective of the study .............................................................................................................. !!

1.3.1 General Objective ................................................................................................................. II

1.3.2 Specific Objective ................................................................................................................. !!

1.6 Research Questions .................................................................................................................. I I

1.4 Scope of the study .................................................................................................................... II

1.5 Significance of the study ......................................................................................................... 12

1.7 Methodology ............................................................................................................................ l3

1.8 Literature Review .................................................................................................................... 14

Chapterization/Synopsis ................................................................................................................ 19

CHAPTER TW0 ........................................................................................................................... 21

THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND THE LAW APPLICABLE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

IN UGANDA AND INTERNATIONAL SCENE ........................................................................ 21

2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 21

2.2 Statistics on and attitudes toward domestic violence .............................................................. 24

2.3 The Problem of Defining Domestic Violence ......................................................................... 31

2.4 The International Legal Framework ........................................................................................ 34

2.5 Identifiable gaps between Ugandan law and related international human rights provisions . .42