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  • Leading human rights lawyer named as the next DPP 26 Jul 2008 02:30 GMT
    ... struggle against McDonald's during the longest-running English court case, is the head of Doughty Street ... Malawi and brought a class action in Uganda, which overturned the death penalty and saved ... of 417 people. Announcing the appointment, the attorney general, Lady Scotland, said: "Keir brings with ...

  • Outgoing UN Legal Chief Says Peace and Justice Must Go Hand in Hand 26 Jul 2008 02:06 GMT
    ... Outgoing UN Legal Chief Says Peace and Justice Must Go Hand in Hand Outgoing UN ... Mr. Michel added. Citing examples from Sudan, Uganda, Sierra Leone and Burundi, Mr. Michel said the ... despite the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and internationally-backed tribunals for Rwanda, Sierra ...

  • Nurse Suing Fort Worth Catholic Charities over Condom Prohibition 26 Jul 2008 01:57 GMT
    ... for lost wages and "mental anguish." Beaty's lawyer, Dusty Fillimore, told the Forth Worth Star-Telegram ... program in the developing world, that of Uganda, was derailed by the insistence of international ...

  • 'I want to get things done' 26 Jul 2008 01:56 GMT
    ... provide legal alternatives, she says. Born in Uganda, Vadera's parents were "quite traditional", had a ... about values. It is about fairness and justice. I don't think any party can represent ...

  • Laszlo makes financial peace offering to end Ugandan row 26 Jul 2008 01:51 GMT
    ... HEARTS manager Csaba Laszlo has told the Ugandan FA he is willing to pay back £10,000 ... gain financially if the matter went to court because FUFA didn't fully honour his deal. However, ... didn't fully honour his deal. However, Laszlo's lawyer Fred Muwema has revealed how his client ...

  • Africa: Addressing the economic, social and cultural root causes of violence 26 Jul 2008 01:34 GMT
    ... under the Statute of the International Criminal Court. No circumstances can ever justify torture and ... Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV), Uganda · Antenna International, Switzerland · L’Association de ... Canada · Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), Philippines ...

  • Uganda: Museveni: 'No further negotiations with Kony' 26 Jul 2008 01:33 GMT
    ... For the third consecutive year (2005, 2006, 2007), Pambazuka ... ‘Free’ Trade: How Trade Undermines Democracy and Justice in Africa . Issa Shivji (2007) Silences ...

  • Africa: Communique on trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of women 26 Jul 2008 01:33 GMT
    ... Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe - gave organizations and ... Gender inequality, racism, classism and homophobia Discriminatory laws and cultural practices which impact women negatively ... Mutumba, OMES, Mozambique Martine Chuulu, Women in Law Southern Africa (WLSA) Mphikeleli Dlamini, PSI, Swaziland ...

  • Uganda: Museveni to extend rule with little challenge 26 Jul 2008 01:32 GMT
    ... For the third consecutive year (2005, 2006, 2007), Pambazuka ... ‘Free’ Trade: How Trade Undermines Democracy and Justice in Africa . Issa Shivji (2007) Silences ...

  • Mengo ministers released on bail, bond 26 Jul 2008 01:31 GMT
    ... week in detention, two of the three Buganda Kingdom officials were yesterday afternoon charged with sedition ... on bail at the Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s Court. The third official was not charged but ... in the case, an application Principal State Attorney Jane Kajuga successfully challenged. The two officials ...

  • Buganda arrests; the inside story 26 Jul 2008 01:31 GMT
    ... Thursday. PHOTO BY JOSEPH MUGISA Kampala The Buganda Kingdom has rejected what sources at its headquarters ... Kyenjojo in western Uganda following a Wednesday court order issued in Kampala but were rearrested ... be able to defend their allegations in courts of law,” Ms Namayanja reportedly said. “Government ...

  • Government yet to pay torture victims Shs1.5b 26 Jul 2008 01:31 GMT
    ... to pay torture victims Shs1.5b Kampala The Uganda government has not paid Shs 1.5m in compensation ... commission, which has powers of a High Court, awarded close to half a billion shillings ... recommendations, which include the enactment of a law on torture, decentralisation of liability for human ...

  • The 2008 Mengo crisis; why has it come to this? 26 Jul 2008 01:31 GMT
    ... interesting times. Just when political events in Uganda couldn’t get any more tense and unpredictable, they ... them, “calling upon” them to observe the law, being “bakakamu” will somehow reverse what we ... Mawokota. Muwanga, reflecting on his time in jail, said for the time being Ugandans could celebrate ...

  • Resolve the impasse over Naguru estate 26 Jul 2008 01:31 GMT
    ... July 12 or be forcibly evicted. But Justice Mwondha issued her own notice directing the ... raises questions about the efficiency of the Ugandan government and its seriousness toward attracting investors, ...

  • Overhaul our education system Part 4 26 Jul 2008 01:31 GMT
    ... and attracted people to menial jobs. For Uganda, the most interesting equivalent is the teaching ... of the sharp students opt for medicine, law, mass communication, engineering, architecture and so on. Very ...


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