Uganda Human Rights Commission officials gathered people from across the country for important talks about human rights progress. The meeting happened at Esella Hotel where government workers met with civil society groups and lawyers. Commission leaders wanted everyone to work together on preparing reports about how Uganda treats its people. These reports will go to the United Nations Human Rights Council for review. The country must show what steps it has taken to protect citizens better.
Mariam Wangadya leads the human rights commission and spoke at the conference about telling honest stories. She said Uganda went through three major reviews from the UN already. The most recent review gave Uganda 273 suggestions for improvement and the country agreed to follow 139 of them. This means Uganda accepted about half of all the recommendations it received from other countries.
The commission needs more money to do its work properly according to Wangadya. Ruth Ssekindi from the monitoring department explained that Uganda must answer to other nations about human rights issues. She said the UN reviews every country about every four and half years to check their progress. Each of the 193 UN member countries goes through this process voluntarily.
Uganda plans to highlight several wins when it submits its next report. The government gave money to over 370,000 elderly people through special grants. Officials also spent 2.5 trillion shillings on community development programs and rescued 2,000 children from dangerous work situations. The final reports must reach the UN by October 2026.
Mariam Wangadya leads the human rights commission and spoke at the conference about telling honest stories. She said Uganda went through three major reviews from the UN already. The most recent review gave Uganda 273 suggestions for improvement and the country agreed to follow 139 of them. This means Uganda accepted about half of all the recommendations it received from other countries.
The commission needs more money to do its work properly according to Wangadya. Ruth Ssekindi from the monitoring department explained that Uganda must answer to other nations about human rights issues. She said the UN reviews every country about every four and half years to check their progress. Each of the 193 UN member countries goes through this process voluntarily.
Uganda plans to highlight several wins when it submits its next report. The government gave money to over 370,000 elderly people through special grants. Officials also spent 2.5 trillion shillings on community development programs and rescued 2,000 children from dangerous work situations. The final reports must reach the UN by October 2026.
