EAJPHR Vol. 27, No. 3 (December 2021)

Foreword
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of life in the same measure. Lives have been lost. Markets are in jeopardy. Education is on its knees. The only thing that Covid-19 could not cripple are the avenues for public expression. As long as the avenues still exist, we can continue debating a whole range of issues related to justice and human rights. The Human Rights and Peace centre (HURIPEC) is privileged once again to facilitate debate on diverse issues affecting rights.

Jimmy Spire Ssentongo, Monica Aciru, Tom Ogwang and Stephan Parmentier
delve into the debate on the nexus between modernist and community conflict resolution mechanisms in the Acholi land. Identifying intersections and the existing tributaries of these two differing systems can help in most areas where conflict is a regular occurrence.

Oscar Kamusiime Mwebesa highlights the fate of businesses in the face of the
responsibility to pay taxes. The discussion takes you through a tripartite relationship between the courts on one hand and the revenue body and business on the other. The issue of refugee rights is also put on the forefront by Ruth Muhawe who discusses the violations that ensue when refugees are forced to create a digital footprint as a survival mechanism.

Most interestingly for this issue, three papers take us through domestic issues
that have always been and continue to cause contention among several families. Kabazzi Maurice Lwanga assesses the gender implications of a case in which a widow, and not a mother, is granted powers to determine the burial ground of her husband and the traditional devaluation of women that stems from patriarchy after the death of a husband/son.

Hadijah Namyalo-Ganafa and Grancia Mugalula interestingly discuss the
violation of rights surrounding women inheritance of marital homes after the death of a husband. Finally, the paper by Caroline Adoch makes an inquiry into the law on rape in Uganda especially considering that such cases have been on the rise during the Covid period. She explores the experiences of women who seek to report and prosecute cases of rape by a spouse and elaborates the daunting task of successfully prosecuting cases of such nature. I hope you enjoy the issue.

Zahara Nampewo
Managing Editor