ABSTRACT The principle of banking secrecy under the Penal Code protection is not specifically stipulated and assured by the Burundian law, the purpose of this study was to critically examine the Law governing Bank Secrecy in Burundi. Specific objectives were to: identify the law and policy of the bank secrecy; analyze the applicability of the laws related to bank secrecy; and analyse the challenges related to bank secrecy in Burundi and also from other jurisdictions. The study used doctrinal ...
ABSTRACT Humanity has suffered greatly from pain and the ravages of armed conflicts that have claimed the fives of millions of people and because of this, different international Tribunals were found to prosecute the criminals of the most serious crimes to stamp impunity. The latest mechanism of international criminal justice is the ICC. The research answers the questions of whether the ICC provides criminal justice to mankina~, what challenges the ICC faces, what are the weaknesses of the ...
ABSTRACT The anti-money laundering law is recognized internationally as an important law in combating money laundering especially in banks. To detect money laundering in Uganda, the Anti-Money Laundering Act was enacted in 2013 to guide banks on what measures to implement. However, the AMLA counter measures have put a significant regulatory and compliance burden on the financial institutions and banks. These measures have not only increased the costs, risks, dilemmas incurred by the banks b...
Abstract This dissertation examines the question of Land Use in Uganda and analyses the legal and policy framework. It explores the nature of Land Utilisation; the need to regulate its use, the most suitable option land is put to use and most importantly the, the key aspects of land use; that is, land ownership (tenure) and accessibility. However, its focus stays on the legal and policy framework. Uganda has no sufficient laws governing the general issues of land use, though efforts have be...
ABSTRACT Despite restrictive abortion legislation and all the efforts made by both the government and RHU in promoting family planning as a iii st step ~n r~du~ing unwanted pregnancies and the resulting abortions and mateiii~il n~nrtt~1it~, many ~ornen contirnie to seek and obtain unsafe abortions. Apart from causing death and other health complications, abortion has many undesired consequences to individual and the economy. Need was therefore seen to investigate a correlation, if any, betwee...
ABSTRACT The research is about the roles of NGOs in the promotion and protection of women's rights, the causes of women's rights violations, effects of violations of the women's rights, the state of laws concerning rights of women and the roles and procedures played by the NGOs towards the promotion and protection of women's rights in Gulu, particularly in Holy Rosary Parish, Laroo Division. The idea of Human Rights is proclaimed long time ago and the same were incmporated in the African Char...
ABSTRACT This thesis establishes a critique of the law relating to refugee rights in Burundi in particular reference to refugees in Kavumu Camp in Burundi. This is geared to the fact that violations and abuses of refugee rights have become greater issues globally as most of the world’s refugees wait for durable solutions foi their predicament. While most refugees have been granted provisional or temporary asylum in neighbouring countries, they are not able to regularize their status or inte...
ABSTRACT Uganda oil discoveries gain Uganda a lot on the world map when commercial quantities of oil were reported in the Albertine Graben in the western Arm of the great East African Rift Valley. Preparations were made to get revenues from the discoveries and contracts were signed with the Tullow Oil Company and Heritages Oil Company, Gas Ltd and Dominion Petroreum limited which is presently enlisted in the London Stock Exchange for the exploitation, development and production of the oil. I...
ABSTRACT All in all, armed conflicts, whether international or non international; confront humanity every day with cruelty suffering, death, and destruction of property which have nothing to do with military objectives, and there is no doubt that the same thing took place in Rwanda during the 1990 — 1994 armed conflict. The problem this study therefore seeks to address is what law was applicable during the 1990-1994 Rwandan conflict and why the principles of humanitarian law were not obser...
TABLE OF CONTENTS: DECLARATION: APPROVAL DEDlCATlON~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT~ iv CHAPIERONE 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 SIATEMENTOFTHEPROI3LEM 4 1.3 HYPOTHESIS 5 1.4 METHODOLOGY 6 1.5 SCOPE OF STUDY 6 2.0 LERATURE REVIEW 7 CHAPTER THREE~ 12 THE kEFUGEE CRISIS 12 3.0 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE REFUGEE CONCEPT 12 3.1 IEFECTOFCOLONIALISM 15 3.2 THE COLD WAR EFFECTS 18 3.3 LACK OF RESPECT FOR I II. MAN RIGHTS ANDE HUMANITARIAN LAW 19 3.4 ECONOMIC SOCIAL WELFARE AND RAPID POPULATION INCREASE 21 3.5 OTHER FA...
ABSTRACT The study reviewed the Legal Framework of Refugees in Uganda, and was guided by three research questions: what legal procedures are adopted in vetting refugees who enter Uganda? What rights as guaranteed by the international instruments do the refugees enjoy while in Uganda? What roles have the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Government played in facilitating the realization of refugees’ rights in Uganda? Using a triangulation study design, and a Researche...
ABSTRACT It is reported that many people’s environmental riqhts are being violated daily. It continues to be a heavy drag on man’s efforts to advance agriculture and pastoralism. The evolution of environmental riqhts in the mining sector saw the enactment of legislation specifically to protect the interests of the Indigenous people in the mining sector but this has not been mostly followed. The protection of environmental riqhts has evoked emotions and debates espedally when it comes to p...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents DECLARATION A ................................................................................................... ii DECLARATION B .................................................................................................. iii DEDICATION ............................................................................. ; .......................... iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................. ~ ...........................
ABSTRACT he import of this thesis is to explore the possibility and the benefit of an East African ~olitical federation this thesis discussed the history of the East African Community in eneral the factors that led to its collapse in 1977 and what the current Partner States ave put in place to protect the Community from collapsing again. In the statement roblem as stated that the adequacy of the legal framework for a political federation of ~e East African Community: An Examination of the Com...
ABSTRACT Terrorism has been a threat to both the people and of government of Nigeria. The loss of human and material resources is so monumental and set back to the country. The objective ofthis research is to critically evaluate the legalframework put in place to counter terrorism in Nigeria. The methodology adopted for this research is doctrinal, this enable the researcher examine the mechanism put in place to tackle terrorism andfind a means offihling the gap identified The mq/or findings o...