the Uganda Law Reform, with a view to harmonizing its laws with international
and regional human rights standards;
Non-Discrimination and Equality
87. Strengthen its legal framework for the protection of people living with HIV to
discourage HIV-related human rights violations;
88. Adequately resource the Equal Opportunities Commission in order to
effectively discharge its mandate;
Right to Life
89. Adopt an official moratorium on the death penalty, as a step towards the
definitive abolition of the death penalty;
90. Expedite the processes for the consideration of the draft private members’ bill in
parliament, pertaining to the abolition of the death penalty;
91. Provide in its next report, statistics on death sentences commuted to life
imprisonment, in line with the Supreme Court decision in the Susan Kigula case;
Prohibition of Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
92. Develop Regulations for purposes of operationalizing the Prevention and
Prohibition of Torture Act (2012);
Right to liberty and security of person / Conditions of Prisons and Detention Centres
93. Systematically review prison conditions with the goal of relieving
overcrowding and poor living conditions, provide funds for the construction of
new prisons, and also provide clean, safe, and adequate prison conditions,
together with adequate food for prisoners, in compliance with international
standards for prisoners and pre-trial detainees;
94. Make use of the Guidelines on the Conditions of Arrests, Police Custody and
Pre-trial Detention developed by the Commission while providing training to
the Police and while adopting laws and policies;
95. Expedite the processes for repealing provisions of the law that provide for
detention of civil debtors;
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