Uganda - Committee Against Torture - Alternative Report Relating to the Death Penalty - October 2022
Date: October 3, 2022
Country: Uganda
Type: Intl Mechanism Submission
Issues: Death Penalty, Extrajudicial Killing, LGBTIQ+ Rights, Torture
Mechanism: UN Committee against Torture
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.
