AFRICAN UNION
UNION AFRICAINE
UNIÃO AFRICANA
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Commission Africaine des Droits de
Peoples’ Rights
l’Homme & des Peuples
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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
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