UGANDA NETWORK ON LAW, ETHICS AND HIV/AIDS (UGANET) SUCCESS STORY: SSENSALIRE GODFREY
- 25 July 2014 -
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Brief facts:
Our client Ssensalire Godfrey aged 54 years, a resident of Mbuya 2 Zone III, Nakawa Division reported that he had been abused and sometimes physically beaten by his 2 older sons and his wife, Margret Napeyon. He had made a will and bought it to UGANET for safe custody. He had on some occasions fallen so sick but the wife had neglected him and left him to die in a house. He only lived at the mercy of his support counselor and mother.
20 Billion Needed for Pro-Bono Services
- 18 July 2014 -
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(By Simon Musasizi- The Weekly Observer)
In 2010, when Night (not real name) fled her violent husband’s home and returned to her parents in Kasese, she expected him to go for her – as is often the norm in Uganda.
To her surprise, things didn’t happen that way. It was, instead, a court bailiff who came knocking at her father’s door in May last year.The bailiffs had carried court summons from Makindye magistrate’s court, requiring Night to appear before the court within two weeks in a divorce case filed by her husband.“The letter was delivered 10 days after it had been issued.
Millions lack access to adequate justice, face illegal detention, other abuses
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Many countries still lack the necessary resources and capacity to provide legal aid for suspects, those charged with a criminal offence, prisoners, victims and witnesses. Providing adequate legal aid is key in developing a more efficient legal system. This helps make better use of limited State resources, promotes greater community involvement in the criminal justice system - including facilitating community-based sanctions and non-custodial measures -, reduces the unnecessary use of detention and imprisonment, and rationalizes criminal justice policies.
CSO Executive survives assassination attempt
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The Coordinator of Soroti Development Association and NGO’s Network (SODANN), Mr. Omiat Moses and one other staff narrowly survived death when unknown assailants attacked them with a gun.The incident took place on May 7 2004 between 2:30pm and 3:00pm at the organization’s premises on Harridas road in Northern Division of Soroti Municipality. In a case filed at the Soroti Central Police Station under file number SD/19/08/05/2014, Phillip Echodu, a volunteer with SODANN narrated that two men walked into the reception of the office demanding for the coordinator, who had been away from office for a week.
Parliament Urged To Pass National Legal Aid Policy
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Legal aid should be perceived broadly beyond court processes so that it can be used to enhance options likely to divert some matters from the already clogged court system through Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms like arbitration and mediation as well as counseling and psycho-socio support.
This was revealed by the Acting Chief Justice Steven Kavuma while opening a two days Second National Legal Aid Conference which took place on 26th and 27th June 2014 at Imperial Royale Hotel.
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06 July , 2014
The 2nd National Legal Aid Conference that took place on 26th and 27th June was quite a success. We would like to thank all gallant members who participated and made it successful. We would also in a special way like to appreciate the organizers, the tusk force committee, the Justice centers, JLOS institute, Ministry of Justice and constitutional affairs, the parliament of Uganda, the development partners, strategic partners, regional partners, civil society, all LASPs, the media and the general public for making the 2nd National Legal Aid conference a success. We look forward to your continued support and cooperation. Please download the presentations of the 2nd National Legal Aid Conference here IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK FOR LEGAL AID IN UGANDA [234.27 KB] Legal Aid Conference - Programme - Final (5)-2 [593.7 KB] Opening Remarks by Justice Adonyo [65.55 KB] ROADMAP TO A NATIONAL LEGAL AID SCHEME IN KENYA-Caro's Presentation. [390 KB] ROADMAP TO A NATIONAL LEGAL AID SCHEME IN KENYA-Caro's Presentation. [6.22 MB] Speech by the Chief Justice at the 2nd National Legal Aid Confe [3.01 MB] THE RELEVANCE OF LEGAL AID TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IN UGANDA [5.18 MB] The Use of Legal Aid to realise other rights - Experiences from the Great Lakes Region By Tito Byenkya [1.27 MB] The provision of legal aid by the non-state actors in Uganda [1013.57 KB] The provision of legal aid services by state-funded mechanisms in Uganda challenges and opportunities [998.62 KB] UNDERTAKINGS FROM THE 1ST NATIONAL LEGAL AID CONFERENCE [326.53 KB] -
06 July , 2014
Access to justice, according to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, includes the right to legal assistance and Uganda’s Constitution further gives entitlement for an accused person charged with a capital offense to be represented in court at state expense. LASPNET Vice Chairperson, Executive Director and Treasurer during a press conference at LASPNET secretariat -
21 September , 2013LASPNET secretariat held the quarterly thematic cluster meetings in February this year. These were followed by Working group meetings to discuss the salient issues that had emanated from each cluster meeting. We came up with a summary of these as below:
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21 September , 2013
As a network of Non-state legal aid service providers, the enhancement of skills of the membership and expanding the repertoire of competencies can never be over emphasized.With the mandate to maintain and improve the standards of conduct and learning of the legal profession in Uganda through facilitating the acquisition of legal knowledge by members of the legal profession in Uganda as regards conditions of practice and otherwise, the Uganda Law Society is strategically placed with non-state and state legal practitioners as a major player in the justice system of UgandaWith a diverse membership of thousands of legal brains with extensive experience in research, litigation, legislation and other facets of law, partnership with the ULS would greatly enhance quality improvement, skill and standards of legal aid that LASPNET seeks through capacitation of her membership to improve access to justice for the indigent.
