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ABSTRACT The study examined the "rights of a mother against rights of a fotus" legal approach to the abortion debate. In response to the law, Article 22(2) 1 provides that "No person has the right to terminate the life of an unborn child except as may be authorized by law". Twenty years later, the said law is yet to be enacted to operationalize this Constitutional provision. Instead, the country continues to rely on the colonial-era Penal Code Act, whose provisions on the legally permissible ...
ABSTRACTThe study attempts to determine the extent to which child labour constitutes a violation ofchild rights. The intemational documents, especially the CRC, depart from the universalconception of childhood, making children all over the world the same and deservingsimilar treatment, more so claiming their rights. Using the case of child workers in Kenya,it examines the notion of childhood which f01ms the basis to any child rights claims.Employing the cultural politics of childhood, the ess...
ABSTRACT11zis Research examined how the doctrine of separation of powers has been addressed inUganda over the years. It covered the historical perspective of the subject beginning withcolonial times, to post independence Uganda and the various governments which ruled thecountry. Also special attention was paid to the role of the three arms of government under the1995 Constitution of Uganda. The research also looked at how the Executive arm exercises itspowers vis a vis the Judiciary and the L...
ABSTRACTThe study seeks to critically investigate the law of commercial Arbitration in Uganda. Theobjectives ofthe study were; to analyze the legal framework on commercial arbitration, to establishthe roles and challenges of commercial Arbitration in reducing and to propose the refonns andrecommendations in improving commercial Arbitration as an alternative of accessing justice bythe disputants. In order to achieve the objectives of this study the researcher will use the qualitativeresearch t...
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ABSTRACTThe study examined the International criminal court on African Perspective to examine theinternational criminal court proceedings under part v of the Rome Statute (investigation andprosecution) and proposals for amendments. One of the main reasons for the need of an ICCwas achieve justice for all. There have been many instances of crimes against humanity and warcrimes for which no individuals have been held accountable. In Cambodia in the 1970s, anestimated 2 million people were kille...
ABSTRACTThis study examined the problem of gender-based sexual violence in post-armed conflicts andhow it has affected reintegration of former rebel captives into the community in Lira District.Sexual and gender-based violence is a human rights violation and it is perpetuated by negativeattitudes which discriminate people according to their sex. It can occur at individual level, inrelationships such as marriage, at commtmity and community levels. The study found out thatwomen and girl mothers...
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ABSTRACTThe right to information which is constitutional, the current legal regime of laws and theinstitutions established by the government of Uganda including access to information Act 2005are not sufficient to facilitate the right to information.The law neither obliges the government t to pro-actively disclose information nor does it providethe citizen activism in accessing such information. Therefore there is need for comparativereview of the access to information legal frame work in Ugan...
ABSTRACTThe Public order Management Act Came into force on 2nd October 2013 ,ever since its enactmentit was followed by a lot of protests and criticisms. The scenes have been as many as they havebeen predictable. Some people declared that they would exercise their right to freedom ofassembly and demonstration unhindered as reported. The POMA was enacted to provide aregulatory framework for public assemblies. It however gives wide discretionary powers to theUganda Police Force to deny and disp...
ABSTRACTThis study was carried out using the qualitative methodology of research, the study is basedon secondary information such as writings of high qualified state publicists as clearlyenvisaged in textbooks, novels, law journals, articles, websites and different literatureincluding class notice. The researcher also relied on judicial decisions made by differentjudges of different states, Acts of parliament relating to ADR and international Conventionswhere Uganda is party.Over the past sev...
ABSTRACTThis research paper analyses pre-trial detention (remand) in Uganda. It digs deep into thecauses and effects of lengthy pre-trial detention and provides suggestions to end it. The papergives appropriate hist01y of the wider context of pre-trial detentions in Uganda that spans Ji-omthe immediate post-colonial times of Uganda to the recent, highlighting major historical eventsthat have shaped the law on pre-trial deten 1;1m. It goes ahead to provide an analysis of theliterature both loc...
ABSTRACTKampala as a capital city, has found itself with too many developed stmctures which are•illegally founded and in turn do cause an impact of an over whelming large populationwhose problems it can hardly cope with. Because of its centrality and function, it has andwill continue to grow. Due to the ever increasing business activities and urbanpopulation, the city has faced problems of housing, planning and unemployment. Thisaffects the political, social and economic policies, and incre...