Human Rights Committee recognizes Extra-Territorial Obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The Human Rights Committee recently issued its Concluding Observations, or findings, related to the periodic report of Germany. Germany appeared before the Human Rights…
The Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights has created four new practice guides, which are available on LandWise at http://landwise.landesa.org/guides.
These guides are practical resources for development practitioners, researchers, lawyers, advocates, and scholars to assess the situation for women…
Date: December 16th 2015
By Rogers Mugabo
The women and men in Uganda do not own land on equal basis and there is no consensus as to whether women ought to own, access and control land or not.
This is because, effective statutory laws protecting land, inheritance and property rights of…
By Astrid Haas, London School of Economics and Political Science and Paul Collier, University of Oxford
Uganda's economy has been growing steadily over the past decade. Like many other developing countries, its growth has benefited from a confluence of external events, including a sustained…
By: John Okot
Date: January 12th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com
Gulu — Independent presidential candidate Elton Joseph Mabirizi has pledged to set up a land tribunal that will fight cases of land grabbing when elected into office.
Speaking to residents in Cerelenu market, Gulu, at the weekend, Mr…
By: Francis Mugerwa, George Muzoora & Ronald Tumusiime
Date: January 31st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor
Gomba — President Museveni has promised to introduce an amendment to the land law to improve land tenure security and curb the tide in illegal evictions that the current law has…
By: Evelyn Lirri
Date: February 9th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
KAMPALA, Feb 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As candidates canvass for votes in Uganda's Feb. 18 presidential election, contenders are promising sweeping reforms to resolve land conflicts, one of the country's hottest…
By: Babatunde Akinsola
Date: February 23rd 2016
Source: Naija247 News
Lake Victoria farmers cite Bidco land-grabbing, environmental destruction and human rights violations in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
The Bugala Farmers Association has called on the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…
By: George Omondi
Date: February 25th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor
Nairobi — Edible oil manufacturer Bidco has dismissed compensation claims raised by Kalangala farmers' lobby saying its involvement in Uganda's palm oil development project does not include land transaction.
In a letter…
By: Francis Mugerwa
Date: March 14th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor
Hoima — Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom has asked government to initiate affirmative action programmes for women whose livelihoods have been disrupted by oil exploration activities in the oil-rich Albertine Grabben.
According…
By: Paola Totaro
Date: March 15th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
WASHINGTON, March 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Uganda's constitution of 1995 is known worldwide for pioneering and gender-sensitive provisions to protect women and their rights.
However the reality on the ground,…