{UAH} Security forces are the leading violators of Human rights - Uganda Law Society

Security forces are the leading violators of Human rights - Uganda Law Society

Professor Fredrick Ssempebwa the chairman of the Uganda Law Society advisory panel said security forces including the police have continued to be some of the main violators of human rights in the country

Police and other security forces have been named as the leading violators of humans rights in Uganda.

This was in a State of the Rule of law report publisheUgandahe uganda law society.

The Report on the State of the Rule of Law is a compilation of incidences that confirm or go counter to the spirit of existing laws, which occurred between October and December this year.

The report notes that there was a marked increase in incidences of human rights abuses especially relating to the activities around the contentious move to amend article 102(b) of the constitution with the aim of removing the presidential age limit. 

Professor Fredrick Ssempebwa the chairman of the Uganda Law Society advisory panel said security forces including the police have continued to be some of the main violators of human rights in the country

Ssempebwa says the fourth quarter of 2017 was also marred by a conflict in mandate especially among the different security organs some of whose agents engaged in acts of physical, emotional and mental torture against citizens.

The report also points out acts of alleged corruption, with the most high profile one involving bribery accusations against Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kuteesa.

The President of the Uganda Law Society, Francis Gimara says the state has continuously ignored the recommendations from earlier quarterly reports.

Representatives of Uganda Police Force, which was mostly mentioned in a negative light in relation to violations of human rights, were not in attendance, and efforts to reach them for a comment were futile.

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