AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA African Commission on Human & Commission Africaine des Droits de Peoples’ Rights l’Homme & des Peuples No. 31 Bijilo Annex Lay-out, Kombo North District, Western Region, P. O. Box 673, Banjul, The Gambia Tel: (220) 441 05 05 /441 05 06, Fax: (220) 441 05 04 E-mail: au-banjul@africa-union.org; Web www.achpr.org 57th Ordinary Session 04 – 18 November 2015, Banjul, The Gambia Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the 5th Periodic State Report of the Republic of Uganda (2010 – 2012) I. Introduction 1. The Republic of Uganda (Uganda) is a State Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter), having ratified the same on 27 March 1986. 2. Uganda submitted its Initial Report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) at the latter’s 27th Ordinary Session, which was held from 27 April to 11 May 2000. Subsequently, Uganda has since submitted its second, third and fourth Periodic State Reports, respectively at the 40th Ordinary Session held from 15 to 29 November 2006, the 45th Ordinary Session held from 13 to 27 May 2009, and the 49th Ordinary Session, held from 28 April to 12 May 2011. 3. The present and Fifth Periodic State Report, which covers the period from 2010 to 2012 (the Report), was submitted to the Secretariat of the Commission in September 2013. It was examined during the 56th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), held from 21 April-7 May 2015, in Banjul, The Gambia. 4. The Report was presented to the Commission by the Delegation from Uganda, which composition is provided in Annex 1 hereto (the Delegation), and which was led by Honourable Fredrick Ruhindi, the Attorney-General of Uganda. 5. The Report highlights developments, which have taken place in the country in the area of the promotion and protection of human and peoples’ rights during 1

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