REFLECTION MEETING FOR THE RESEARCH JOURNEY ON A2J, RULE OF LAW AND SECURITY NEEDS FOR REFUGEES AND HOST COMMUNITIES IN ARUA AND ISINGIRO DISTRICTS
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in pursuit of strengthening the nexus between the development and humanitarian support to refugees and host communities commissioned a study in July 2018 on Rule of Law, Access to Justice and Security needs of refugees and Host Communities in Arua and Isingiro districts.
PRESS STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE CRUEL, INHUMAN AND DEGRADING TREATMENT OF MS. NAMATA ANNETTE ‘NANA MWARIFIKA’ BY THE POLICE.
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(Mengo-Kampala 12th-July-2019) The Legal Aid Service Provider’s Network (LASPNET), is concerned about the events of brutal assault that were meted out to human rights activist Ms. Nana Mwarifika in for the past months.
JOINT STATEMENT - UGANDA: UCC’S STRANGLEHOLD ON EXPRESSION FREEDOMS IS ILLEGITIMATE
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Reject communication regulator’s call to suspend 39 journalists from work.
(2 May 2019 / Kampala, Uganda) The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) must desist from its illegitimate restrictions on freedom of expression and latest imperious calls to suspend at least 39 journalists,the undersigned organisations said today.
PRESS STATEMENT ON ALLEGATIONS OF GRAFT IN THE CIVIL SOCIETY SECTOR
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(Mengo, Kampala) The Legal Aid Service Provider’s Network (LASPNET), an organization composed of 54 non-state legal aid service providers in Uganda is extremely concerned about the recent wave of allegations of corruption and accountability challenges facing the Civil Society Sector, which have featured in the media in the past few weeks.
IGG LAUNCHES LASPNET ASSESSMENT REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JLOS ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY 2012
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An assessment report on the implementation of the Justice Law and Order Sector Anti-Corruption Strategy (JACS) 2012 was, launched on Wednesday April 17th 2019 at Hotel Africana by Hon. Justice Irene Mulyangonja, the Inspector General of Government.
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06 March , 2019Report reveals gaps in Rule of Law, Access to Justice and Security needs among refugees and host communities in Uganda
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18 February , 2019On the 30th and 31st January 2019, Avocats Sans Frontieres in partnership with LASPNET convened a training for Legal Aid Service Provider advocates on business, human rights and corporate accountability at Esella Country Hotel.
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10 January , 2019The largest proportion of Uganda’s population (78%) is comprised of youths who overtime have been exposed to a number of vulnerabilities such as poverty. Given their lack of employment and abuse of drugs, SGBV among others, many are usually caught on the wrong side of the law yet lack the capacity to fight back. Approximately 63% of the prison population is made up of youths
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01 December , 2018Hon. Justice Remmy Kasule, an honorary member of LASPNET and Chairperson of the Uganda Law Council re-affirmed the place of legal aid in the Access to Justice arena given its positive contribution to uplifting the plight of the voiceless. This was during the handover ceremony for the new LASPNET Board of Directors held at Country Lake Resort Hotel in Garuga on 23rd November 2018
