Joint Statement Uganda: Civil society organizations decry deteriorating human rights situation ahead of Universal Periodic Review The Robert and Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center (KHRC), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, Amnesty International, and the Stanford Law School International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic jointly made a submission to the fourth United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Uganda. The submission highlights critical concerns regarding civic space, the accountability of security agencies, electoral freedoms, freedom of expression, and non-discrimination. It examines Uganda’s failure to uphold its international human rights obligations, and offers... read more