The role of Uganda police in, promotion of the right to life in Uganda from 1995 to 2018
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Date
2019-06
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Kampala International University, School of Law
Abstract
The Uganda Police Force is a semi-autonomous institution established in the 1995
Constitution as a principal agency in Uganda charged with the responsibility for promotion
and protection of People's rights. However over the days it has been one of the violators of
one of the most fundamental 1ights especially the right to life. The research sh1dy aimed at
analyzing the role of the police force in promotion of the right to life and also how .it has
perpetrated the same. The research also reviews concepts of different literature from
scholarly text to philosophical and jurispmdential analysis. This piece of work also looks at
the relevant legal framework for the protection of the right to life. The study among others
also found out that since 1995 to 2018 the right to life was always one of the most violated
by the Uganda Police Force. However a number of measures can ·be put in place to
harmonize right to life perpetration in Uganda including vicarious punishment for
perpetrators
Description
A research report submitted to the School Of Law in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of Bachelor of Laws of Kampala International University
Keywords
Rights, Police, Uganda