The roll of the Judiciary in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Uganda.
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Date
2018-01
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Kampala International University, School of law.
Abstract
This researcl) report analyses and evaluates the role of Judiciary, in adjudication, protection
and promotion of Fundamental human Rights and other rights 1
, the violation of these rights
by different state agencies and the way forward to propel the stopping of these violations.
The paper goes i'urther to im·estigate the existence of the laws relating to Human rights at the
national. regional and international level highlighting the particular provisions of law that
state the conJines of the Law.
In conclusion, this paper is a comprehensive analysis, investigating and reporting of the law
relating role of .Judiciary in protections and promotion of Human Rights in Uganda, Local
and international legal framc\\Orks with recommendations t!·om the authors to various
,tctkeholders in this country towards ending violations of the Human Rights.
DEFINITION OF KEY TERM
ARREST; A restraint of a man's person, obliging him to be obedient to law. An atTest is the
beginning of imprisonment, whereby a man is first taken, and restrained of his liberty, by a
lawful warrant; also it signilies the decree of a court2
SUSPECT: A s11.1pecr is a person who is believed to be guilty of a crime. If you leave the
scene of a murder with bkh>d on your hands and a weapon in your pocket, you're likely to
. 3 become a pnme suspect.
BAIL; The li·eeing or setting at liberty one arrested or imprisoned, on others becoming
.sureties by recognizance lor his appearance at a day and place certainly assigned, he also
t..'ttlering into his own rccognizance:
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i. I BERTY2
: - Freedom: e.-.;emption ii·om extraneous control. The power of the will, in its
llloral !"rcedom. to I(> I low the dictates of its unrestricted choice, and to direct the external acts
,f. the individual "ithout restraint. coercion. or control fi-om other person
Description
A research dissertation submitted to Kampala International
University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement
for the Award of Diploma in Laws of Kampala International
University .
Keywords
Human Rights, Judiciary, Promotion and Protection, Uganda