Huripec Publications

I. The East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights(EAJPHR)

HURIPEC aims at publishing and therefore augmenting availability of and accessibility to ground-breaking, excellence and peer-reviewed, scholarly works through the East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights (EAJPHR).  The EAJPHR is an international, bi-annual journal that publishes original contributions in the form of articles, comments, case notes, book reviews and reporting on important developments on a wide range of issues relating to law, human rights, and peace and conflict other aspects of International Human Rights Law, especially in Uganda and East Africa.  For prospective contributors, you can download the EAJPHR Guide to Authors, Reviewers and Editors here.

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II. Huripec Working Papers

HURIPEC also publishes diverse working papers based on different research initiatives on emerging issues in human rights and democratization in Uganda.  Some of the working papers are output products of the various projects undertaken by HURIPEC.  The following Project-Specific Publications are available for download.

A. Rights and Democratic Governance

• “The Trials and Tribulations of Rtd.Col.Dr. Kiiza Besigye and 22 Others: A Critical Evaluation of the Role of the General Court Martial in the Administration of Justice in Uganda,” By Ronald Naluwairo

• “From Protection to Violation? : Analyzing the Right to Speedy Trial at the Uganda Human Rights Commission,” By Ronald Naluwairo

• “Buganda’s Quest for Federo and the Right to Self-Determination: A Reassessment”, By Ronald Naluwairo and Isaac Bakayana

• “Reflections on Freedom of Expression in Uganda’s Fledgling Democracy: Sedition, ‘Pornography’ and Hate Speech.” By Henry Odimbe Ojambo

• “Dream deferred? An Assessment of the Findings of Uganda’s Country Self-Assessment Report under the African Peer Review Mechanism”,  By Christopher Mbazira

• “Frustrated Or Frustrating? The Inspector General of Government and the Question of Political Corruption in Uganda,” By Daniel R. Ruhweza

B. Economic, Social & Cultural Rights

• “Interrogating NGO Struggles for Economic, Social and Cultural Human Rights in Contemporary Utake,” By J. Oloka – Onyango

• “The Problematique of Economic, Social and Cultural Right in Globalized Uganda: A Conceptual Review,”  By J. Oloka – Onyango

• “Protection of the Right to Health Care of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (Wla) in Uganda.” The Case of Mbarara Hospital. By Ben Twinomugisha

• “Guaranteeing The Right To Adequate Housing And Shelter In Uganda: The case of women and People with Disabilities (Pwds)”, By Henry Onoria

• “Land Rights and Peace-Building in Gulu District, Northern Uganda:  Towards A Holistic Approach”, By Samuel B. Tindifa

• “Universal Primary Education (U.P.E) In Contemporary Uganda: Right Or Privilege?”, By Frederick Juuko & Constance Kabonesa

• “Food Nutrition and Sustenance Rights in Contemporary Uganda: A Case Study of Teso Sub-Region” , By Godber Tumushabe

• “Plenty of Water, but Scarcity still Persists: Surveying the Status of the Right to Water in Uganda”, By Phiona Muhwezi Mpanga

• “Freedom of Association and Uganda’s New Labour Laws: A critical Analysis of the State of Workers Organization Rights” By John Jean Barya

• “Economic and Social Rights, Service Delivery and Local Government in Uganda” , By Laura Nyirikindi

• “Culture, Minorities and Linguistic Rights in Uganda: The Case of the Batwa and the Ik”, By Kabann I.B. Kabanukye and Dorothy Kwagala

• “Equal Opportunity, Aged-Based Discrimination and the Rights of Elderly Persons in Uganda” By Joe Oloka-Onyango

• “Beyond Social Programmes: Protection of the Right of Access to Malaria Treatment in Uganda” By Ben Kiromba Twinomugisha

• “Interrogating the right to social Security and Social Protection in Uganda” By  John – Jean Barya

C. Decentralization & Human Rights

• “Decentralization without Human Rights? Local Governance and Access to Justice in Post Movement Uganda”, By J. Oloka – Onyango

• “Enforcing Civil and Political rights in a Decentralized System of Governance”, By Benson Tusasirwe

• “Decentralization and the Situation of selected Ethnic and Racial Minorities: A Human Right Audit”, By Rose Nakayi

• “Decentralization and Human Rights in Uganda: Best Practices for Local Councils”, By Monica Twesiime Kirya

 

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III. General Publications On Governance & Human Rights in Uganda & East Africa

• From Whence have we Come and Where Exactly are we Going?’

• ‘Understanding the Paradoxes of Political Space in Uganda’.

• ‘Dictatorship and Presidential Power in Post Kyankwanzi Uganda: Out of the Pot and into the Fire.’

• ‘Multiplying the Jiggers in the Feet of Officialdom: Reflections on the Challenges Facing Civil Society in a Multiparty Dispensation.’

• ‘The Socio-Political Context of the 2006 Elections.’

• ‘Who Owns the East African Community?’

• ‘Report of the Task Force on the Establishment of a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission; August 26, 2003.’

• ‘Listen to the People: A Call for an Inclusive Approach to the Peace Process in Northern Uganda’, [An abridged Version of this Report on the Study on Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Uganda was Earlier on Published by UNDP]

• ‘The Human Rights Teachers Guide’

• ‘The Hidden War: The Forgotten People’, War in Acholi and its Ramification for Peace and security in Uganda

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