Adoption is the legal process by which the court's order extinguished and terminates the rights and responsibilities of the biological parents of the child and transfers those rights and responsibilities to the adopter.

Many times parents are quick to give out their children to foreigners for adoption due to various reasons ranging from poverty anxiety and the belief that their children will

There is an increase in acts of mob justice and the people taking the law in their own hands. Many ugandans have become the judges and the jury.

What causes mob justice?

According to a UHRC 2018 report, mob justice is caused by a number of issues, which include the following;

Delayed police investigations. Police has lost credibility in expediting criminal investigation including th

Successful parties in court cases have taken it upon themselves to execute court orders without following the due process of law

The demolition of buildings, structures and gardens during day and night hours under the guise of giving effect to a court order without following due process is in itself illegal.

The successful party in a court case must apply for execution of a court order

Recent news has revealed that Uganda has recorded over 21,000 child abuse cases since the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda. This is in reference to; https://bit.ly/31BtPwF

The COVID-19 period has been characterized by a great increase in the cases of child marriages, child trafficking, teen pregnancies, sexual and gender based violence; all which were worsened by the closure of schoo

Many times you and I have been served with court documents like a Notice of intention to sue, a demand notice, a notice of claim and a Plaint.

More often than not many of us have run into a panic mode and at times ignored or abandoned such correspondences simply because we don't know what to do.

Whenever you are served with a any document from a law firm or a court of law, simply contact

The Presidential directive to lock-down the Country upon the onset of COVID-19, was helpful in curbing its spread, but has impacted negatively on young girls. The well-being of many Ugandan girls is at risk with the increasing numbers of defilement, teenage pregnancy and early marriage victims. Young girls are many times idle, which predisposes them to sexual activity.

According to mini-surve

Case backlog is a reference made to those cases that have been pending before the courts of law for more than two years.

There Is no doubt that Post COVID 19 is certainly going to worsen the already alarming situation in case management and disposal before the courts of law which have been abnormally working in
abnormal situations without hearing or determining cases save for writing and

An arrest is a deprivation of a person’s liberty for purposes of compelling the person arrested to appear before an authority either as a suspect or a witness.

It is unlawful for police to keep the suspect in custody beyond 24 hours and prolong the questioning of that person by refraining from finally charging him/her.

Art 23(1) of the Constitution of Republic of Uganda states the

Culture is used to justify Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) by evoking traditional beliefs and practices about how women and girls should be treated. Some of these cultural behaviours and beliefs include early marriage, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), honour killing and maiming, among others.

Today's New Vision Newspaper (29th July, 2020) captured a story involving six girl

The Gulu Municipality Member of Parliament Hon. Lyandro Komakech was recently granted leave of Parliament to introduce the Human Rights Defenders' Protection Bill, 2020. See the motion at https://bit.ly/3eZUnMH

Human rights defenders (HRDs) are defined by the United Nations as “people who, individually or with others, act to promote or protect human rights”. They also play an esse

Children are at the risk of being exposed to sexual abuse that may take various forms to wit include early marriages, defilement, children being exposed to sexual content like pornography, sexual slavery and incest.

Not long ago, girl children are reported to being made pregnant by their nieces and or relatives. Scenarios have also emerged where parents have traded their children for sex in a

On the 29th of June 2020, the nation woke up to shocking news of the president's land being dishonestly taken by fraud stars.

These FRAUDULENT persons created a title on the president's land in Kabulasoke gomba which had already been registered in the name of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.

Before the president became a victim of land grabbers, many ugandans had fell victims and are still bein

The COVID 19 pandemic has led to freezing of the enjoyment of many rights including the right to education.

Education has been frozen for the last four months since Friday 20th March 2020. What started as a temporary closure of learning institutions for one month, is now pointing towards costing learners the entire academic year.

The continued closure of schools has not only affected l

mr okello claims his neighbour mr odongo is using of his land

contract terminated and arrears not paid. is there any cause of actio

Axcording to the UNHCR, Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) refers to any act that is perpetrated against a person’s will and is based on gender norms and unequal power relationships.

It encompasses threats of violence and coercion. It can be physical, emotional, psychological, or sexual in nature, and can take the form of a denial of resources or access to services. It inflicts har

slavery does exist in the modern day

basing on human rights violation in Nansana,wakiso district