A critical analysis of the right to expeditious trial of detainees in Uganda-a socio-
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2018-08
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Kampala international international: School Of Law
Abstract
This research paper analyses pre-trial detention (remand) in Uganda. It digs deep into the
causes and effeicts of lengthy pre-trial detention and provides suggestions to end it. The paper
gives appropriate history of the wider context of pre-trial detentions in Uganda that spansom
the immediate post-colonial times of Uganda to the recent, highlighting major historical events
that have shaped the law on pre-trial detention. It goes ahead to provide an analysis of the
literature both local and international and compares it while giving a critic of it. The paper goes
further to investigate the existence of the laws relating to pre-trial detention at the national,
regional and international level highlighting the particular provisions of law that state the
confines within this kind of detention should take place and be dealt with. With the central region
as its geographical scope, the research paper entails a field work report of the .findings }-om the
study. The main method of research used here is the quantitative method where data is extracted
j-am the case study ·with the guide of information fiefdom the target group. The findings from the
field study relating to pre-trial detention are circumstantial of the country 's level of
development, economic status and the social- political state of affairs in the country. In a
conclusion, the paper is comprehensive in analysis, investigation and reporting of pre-trial
detention in Uganda and is rich in comparison o,lthe present with the past o.l Uganda in relation
to the topic; local legal framework with international and concludes with recommendations/rom
the author to various stakeholders in this country towards ending lengthy pre-trial detention in
Uganda.
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A dissertation submitted to the faculty of law in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the a ward of the bachelors of laws of Kampala international University
Keywords
Human rights, Expeditious trial, Detainees, Uganda, socio-legal approach