Uganda, June 14 -- The outgoing United Nations Resident Coordinator, Ms Rosa Malango, has advised all law enforcement agencies to avoid repeating human rights violations committed during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown.
While launching the human rights based approach booklet in Kampala last Friday, Ms Malango observed that whereas the 1995 Constitution provides for protection and promotion of fundamental rights and freedoms of Ugandans, the enforcement of the lockdown and preventive measures for the spread of Covid-19 last year led to an increase in human rights violations.
"The supreme law provides that fundamental rights and freedoms of all individuals are inherent, and that the rights and freedoms of the individuals and groups enshrined in ...