Confronting Impunity and Engendering Transitional Justice Processes in Northern Uganda

Author:
ICTJ
Publisher:
International Center for Transitional Justice
Publication Date:
1 June 2014
Tags:
Uganda, Conflict, Peace and Security, Human Rights, International Organizations and Africa, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Women and Gender

In recognition of the need for future transitional justice efforts to include women and provide them with the redress they are owed, ICTJ has released a new report, Confronting Impunity and Engendering Transitional Justice Processes in Northern Uganda, which provides insights on how women have been affected by the conflict, and how emerging plans for transitional justice in the country can be responsive to their needs.

2 Allegations of sexual abuse in northern Uganda are not confi ned to victims of the LRA. It is also alleged that some soldiers of the Uganda People's Defence Forces were also responsible for serious human rights abuses aga

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