Government committed to ending human rights violations - Attorney General

Kiryowa, who made the remarks while appearing before the United Nations committee against torture recently said, "Against the backdrop of our dark history, the current Government was determined and still determined to ending the gross human rights violation and indeed after coming into administration in 1986, Uganda was among the first countries to sign and ratify the international convention against torture on 3rd November 1986.”

He added: "To reaffirm the Government's determination to protect Ugandans against cruel, inhuman and any form of torture, he added, "all punishment of the perpetrators was provided for and protected as a non-derogable right under article 24 and 44 of the 1995 constitution of Uganda."

The Ugandan Government has been highlighted severally on the global stage as a human rights violator. The most recent human rights violation happened in the run up to the 2021 presidential campaigns. Over 40 people were reported by local media to have lost their lives during riots in Kampala, the country's capital.

Despite Kiryowa's remarks, the opposition in Uganda feels little is being done to end the human rights violation in the country.

Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda Pulse

While appearing on a current affairs talk show on one of the local television stations, the spokesperson of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, said gross human rights violation in Uganda is on the rise.

"The human rights violations in Uganda are on the rise in the country. Two of our opposition colleagues (Hon. Ssegirinya and Hon. Ssewanyana) have spent eight months in prison. We also don't know what they did," he said.

The committee against torture opened its seventy-fifth session on the 31st of October this year. The committee session is being held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The committee's session is running up to 25 November. Besides Uganda, the committee is set to review efforts by other countries such as Australia, Chad, El Salvador, Malawi and Somalia to implement the provisions of the convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.