Proposals for Abortion Law reform in Uganda
This paper attempts to provide a rationale for reforming Uganda’s abortion law by examining the extent to which the country’s laws comply with human rights, gender equality and international law obligations. The paper explores the options for legal reform and synthesizes lessons from other Africa...
Protecting the Right to Health in the Campaign against Female Genital Mutilation
FGM Response, Results of the research
Recommendations for Parliament's Consideration: A Right to Health Analysis of Uganda's National Health Insurance Scheme Bill
In the following brief, we provide a right to health analysis of the Government of Uganda’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Bill No. 27 of 2019.
We analyse the content of this bill according to the binding and authoritative standards of the right to health in international human rights...
Reference Guide on Legal Considerations for Clinical Decision Making when a Pregnancy Places a Woman’s Life at Risk
Most countries have criminal laws against voluntary abortion and regulate access to it, with exceptions for certain circumstances. These are referred to as “exceptions, grounds or indications.”
However, despite these exceptions, it is often difficult for people to legally access termination of...
SYNTHESISING LESSONS AND BEST PRACTICES: Achieving Progress On Abortion Laws, Policies And Practice in Selected African Countries
The main objective of the paper is to explore progressive developments in abortion law, policy and practice reforms in selected countries in the African region to identify best practices as well as drawing lessons for Uganda. The selected countries are: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda ...
The Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-Being for All
The Center for Health, Human rights and Development (CEHURD) represented by Derrick Nsibirwa is part of the Kampala Initiative (Watch the GAP team) that published a paper titled ‘Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-Being for All’.
The paper gives a critical civil society perspective ...
The Global Gag Rule (GGR): A Legal Audit of its Implications on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Uganda
The paper seeks to highlight the legal implications of the Global Gag Rule (GGR) for low income countries with a focus on Uganda. It examines the impact of the GGR on the constitutionally guaranteed rights such as freedom from non-discrimination, freedom of association, the right to privacy, the ...
The Implications Of The Global Gag Rule On Provision Of Sexual And Reproductive Health Services During The Covid-19 Pandemic In Uganda
The main objective of this study was to document case studies of the impact of the Global Gag
Rule on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) service provision, and access at selected NGO and NGO-affiliated clinics during the Covid-19 period in Uganda.
It was designed to facilitate a...
Universal Primary Education, Human Rights and the Right to Health
UPE and Human Rights,An Assessment of the Policy and Practice in Uganda, July 2015
Violations of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the era of the Global Gag Rule and COVID-19 - CEHURD
This paper has been produced as an institutional position paper and follows our ongoing research and advocacy on
the US Global Gag Rule and its effects on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Uganda and the rest
of the Global South. The ideas represented here were developed in co...
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