ISER and Trac FM ran an advocacy campaign on accountability in schools implementing USE under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme on 9 radio stations across the country to collect citizen’s views of PPPs in education.
Report prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for Uganda's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) November 2016
Health Barazas are funded under an ISER project: “Promoting Social and Economic Rights in Uganda” and are implemented on a quarterly basis to facilitate community engagement with duty bearers at the local government level.
Health Barazas are funded under an ISER project: “Promoting Social and Economic Rights in Uganda” and are implemented on a quarterly basis to facilitate community engagement with duty bearers at the local government level.
Recent discoveries of minerals and aggressive push of government for foreign direct investment have opened a wider discussion on the role of businesses in economic development and the capacity of the state to regulate corporations.
The research team found significant evidence, which suggests that the PPP program implemented through Uganda’s USE scheme may not be compliant with the human rights standards applicable to the right to education. Data collected illustrates that despite the overall increases in enrollment, equitable geographical access to education has not yet been achieved under the PPP program.
This report focuses on the state of economic, social and cultural rights issues in Uganda and identifies salient emerging issues over the last four and a half years.
This report addresses the status of Uganda’s realisation of the rights to education and health and rights of vulnerable groups. Part I of this report sets out the methodology used to collect this information. Part II discusses the normative framework of the rights to education and health. Part III addresses the state of the realisation of the rights, discussing key cross cutting issues and issues specific to health, education and the protection of vulnerable groups.
This is a research report with evidence of the discriminatory impact caused by the increased privatization in education in Uganda.
List of Issues in connection with the Initial Report of Uganda on Public Primary Education in Uganda
Written submission of the Uganda coalition on economic, social and cultural rights to the 53rd session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – Pre-sessional working group on Uganda
Alternative Report Submitted by the Initiative for Social and Economic Rights and the Global Initiative for Social and Economic Rights, with the support of the Privatisation in Education Research Initiative, the Right to Education Project, Education International, the Global Campaign for Education, the Africa Network Campaign on Education For All and the Girls Education Movement Uganda Chapter; presented to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at its 54th Session for its consideration of the List of Issues for Uganda.