Law Research Papers/Topics

The Role Of Non Governmental Organisations In The Protection Of Children's Rights Case Study Of Gulu District

The purpose of the study is to establish the role of NGOs in protecting children's rights in Gulu district Northern Uganda. The objectives of the study were; to establish the range of activities done by NGOs in protecting children's rights in Gulu district, to identifY the effects ofNGOs' work on the protection of children's rights in Gulu district and to investigate the existing legal framework and the protection of children's rights in Gulu district. The summary findings from objective one ...

Gross Violation Of Fundamental Human Rights -a Case Study Of The Rwandan Genocide

Rwanda was deeply destroyed in 1994. Among an endless host of problems, highly complex questions and dilemmas of justice, unity, and reconciliation haunt Rwanda to this day. The basic question confronting Rwanda is how to deal with the legacy of the conflict that culminated in the genocide of the Tutsi and in the massacres of Hutu opponents of the genocide. The UN set up an International Criminal Tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania, and Rwanda has its own courts. In both cases, the process of trying...

The Law Relating To Trademarks In Uganda. Challenges And Prospects

The study of the topic the law relating to trademarks, challenges and prospects Mainly analysis the protection of a Trademark under the existing law that's the trademarks ion act 2010,the relevancy of the protect ion offered and its extent of Confonnity with international treaties that's to say the TRIPS, the Paris Convention on the Intellectual Prope1ty Right. The study also answers the question of public awareness

Kampala International University An Analysis Of The Law Of Extradition (The Case Study Of Kenya)

This study was mainly concerned with various aspects of extradition including its history, development, nature and the shortcomings of the law and practice of extradition. The study overed the law and practice of extradition in Kenya. The objective of this study was to bring out the challenges faced by the law of extradition, ~pecifical1y why States prefer other methods such as rendition as opposed to extradition and what reforms can be made in the law and practice of extradition. Severa...

The effectiveness of consumer protection in uganda area of study kampala.

ABSTRACT The study will investigate the effectiveness of consumer protection in Uganda/ the Laws in place aimed at consumer protection for example the Uganda National Bureau Standard Act Cap 32~ The Weight and Measures Act Cao 103, National Drugs Authority Act Cap 206, The Foods and Drugs Act Cap 278/ Contract Act;. among others/ the bodies/ institutions which enforce consumer protection in Uganda like the Uganda National Bureau of Standar~ National Drugs Authori~ Uganda Consumer Protection ...

The Legal Framework Regulating Water Rights In Uganda: An Appraisal.

TABLE OF CONTENT DECLARATION A ........................................................................................................................ i APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION .............................................................................................................................. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...........................................

A Critical Analysis Of The Trademarks Law Of Uganda 2010 And Its Enforceability

Abstract Section 1 of Act 17 of20 10 defines trademark to mean assign or mark or combination of signs or of one under taking trom those of another undertaking. Section 1 defines a sign or mark to include any ward, symbol slogan logo sound smell colour Brand labelna;ne signature latter numerical or any combination of them. The private sector is the engine of Uganda's economic growth and the key to enforcement of legal regimes since the country is solely based on capitalism which is the main so...

The Efficacy Of The Law And Policy On The Regulation Of Foreign Direct Investment: Case Study Of Uganda

ABSTRACT The prevalence of poverty in developing countries demands that these countries should improvise ways of encouraging move revenue generating projects to supplement or significantly reduce dependence on foreign funding. Foreign investment is thus encouraged to get rid of this challenge. This paper examines foreign direct investment as a tool of increasing the contribution of tax revenue to Gross Domestic product and consequently a means of reducing the gap between the rich and the poo...

Sharing of properties under customary marriages in uganda: An examination of the law.

ABSTRACT The study aimed at examining ~e law of sharing of properties under Customary Marriages in Uganda. The Objectives of the study were; to review the existing legal framework in protection and distribution of property, to analyze the effectiveness of the institutional framework governing property sharing in customary marriages and to examine the effects of the law _of sharing of properties under customary marriages in Uganda. The recommended a by analyzing this study on the topic of Sha...

The Protection Of Rights Of Juveniles In The Criminal Justice System In Kenya

ABSTRACT The objective of this research is mainly to expose current abuses of the rights of juvenile offenders in order to ensure confonnity with international treaties and conventions. Having recognized that there are efforts towards achieving the protection· of the rights of juvenile offenders, it was discovered that much still needed to be done. The methodology used is library research, achieved through the analysis of books, reports and newspaper/magazine articles. Data was also sourced...

A critique of the relationship between kibanja holder (tenancy by occupancy) and registered proprietor under the land act of 1998 cap 277.

ABSTRACT The study is about the relationship between kibanja holder ( tenancy by occupancy) and registered proprietor under the land act 1998 cap 227 and establishes the rights of lawful and bonafide occupants on Mailo land and how such rights are violated, with specific aims of examining; the rights of lawful and bonafide occupants on Mailo land; the abuse of the rights on bonafide occupancy on Mailo land; the effectiveness of the law governing bonafide occupancy on Mailo land; and suggesti...

An examination of immigration laws in relation to human trafficking from human right perspective. Case study of tanzania.

ABSTRACT This study examined the immigration laws towards combating human trafficking in Tanzania. The objectives of the study were; to identify the main causes of human trafficking in Tanzania, to examine the anti-trafficking laws, both national and intemational in Tanzania, to identify and quantify the institutional bottlenecks that the society faces in trying to curb the vice of human trafficking in Tanzania and finally to provide policy recommendations based on the results of the study. ...

Group conflict and peaceful resolution: An overview of alternative dispute resolution in kenya.

Abstract Human beings have a deep seated universal need that desires to promote and protect relationship and when these needs are obstructed or thwarted conflict will always arise. The history of human conflict suggests that man has not evolved much beyond his primitive ancestors. Everywhere we look we see conflict. Again history has shown that the cause of conflict is the summering injustice that can not be hidden anymore. The arrangement of society into groups of either ethnicity or race ha...

The Rights Of Workers In Uganda: A Myth Or A Reality?

TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ................................................................................................................ i APPROVAL ..................................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION : .............................................................................................................. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ...............................................................................

Human rights violations in uganda prisons case study: jinja government prisons:

Abstract The need for effective protection of human rights at intemational, regional and national levels has been increasingly recognized over the last fifty years, particularly since the creation of the United Nations and adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Human rights are the rights that every one has by virtue of their humanityl. They are intrinsic and are said to be natured because of nature. They are to protect, preserve and promote the intrinsic value inherent in hum...


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