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The Refugee Law Project (RLP) is a human rights organization and NGO that was established in 1999 as an outreach project of the school of Law of Makerere University to address refugee rights in Uganda. [1] [2]
Prof Oloka-Onyango's Professorial Inaugural Lecture, entitled Ghosts & the Law, contained a detailed analysis of the origins, manifestations and intricacies of the Political Question Doctrine in Uganda and its closely related co-concept of Public Interest Litigation and together, their impact on Constitutionalism, the Doctrine of Separation of ...
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Uganda Map. Uganda is one of the largest refugee-hosting nations in the world, [1] [2] with 1,529,904 refugees (as of 28 February 2022 [3]).The vast influx of refugees is due to several factors in Uganda's neighboring countries, especially war and violence in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [4] and associated economic crisis and political instability in the region.
The 1969 Refugee Convention has made some significant advances from the 1951 Refugee Convention. Discrimination against refugees is prohibited on the additional grounds of membership of a particular social group, nationality, or political opinion. These grounds were absent in the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Uganda is one of the largest refugee-hosting nations in the world, [1] [2] with over 1,529,904 refugees (as of 28 February 2022 [3]).Most of the refugees in Uganda come from neighboring countries such as South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo [4] [5] due to the economic and political instability. [5]
Refugee law is the branch of international law which deals with the rights and duties states have vis-a-vis refugees. There are differences of opinion among international law scholars as to the relationship between refugee law and international human rights law or humanitarian law .
Nakivale refugee settlement was established in 1958 and officially recognized as a refugee settlement in 1960 through the Uganda Gazette General Notice No. 19. [4] [5] Nakivale refugee settlement is the 8th largest refugee camp in the world. [6] Nakivale refugee settlement, is approximately 200 km away from Kampala, Uganda's capital. [4]