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Uganda - Committee Against Torture - Alternative Report Relating to the Death Penalty - October 2022

Date: October 3, 2022
Document: Uganda CAT report FINAL.pdf (PDF 1.6 MB)
Country: Uganda
Type: Intl Mechanism Submission
Issues: Death Penalty, Extrajudicial Killing, LGBTIQ+ Rights, Torture
Mechanism: UN Committee against Torture

This report addresses Uganda's compliance with its international human rights obligations with respect to the death penalty and torture. The report examines the current state of the death penalty in Uganda, as well as violations of the right to habeas corpus and the right to be free from torture and ill-treatment in Ugandan prisons, as well as detention conditions and counterterrorism policies.