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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
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Decision MB8-00025 – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses, in applying Article 1E of the Refugee Convention, whether members should consider allegations of risk in a country of residence if they conclude that a refugee claimant has the rights and obligations which are attached to the possession of nationality in that country.
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Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 10, 2018.
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Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
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Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
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Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 20, 2017.
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UGANDA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Uganda. General Logistics Planning Map.
Source:
World Food Programme. Logistics Cluster.
Date of Document:
3 September 2015
Accessed Date:
6 May 2016
Title:
Ouganda. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
30 October 2012
Title:
Uganda. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
11 June 2018
Accessed Date:
14 June 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Uganda: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Version 3.0e.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
Title:
Uganda. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
Accessed Date:
18 March 2019
Title:
Uganda. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
28 May 2018
Title:
Uganda. World Report 2018: Events of 2017.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
28 May 2018
Title:
Uganda. Freedom in the World 2018.
Accessed Date:
20 June 2018
Title:
Compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21: Uganda
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/26/UGA/2
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
29 August 2016
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Uganda
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/26/UGA/1
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
3 October 2016
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
Title:
Summary prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/2: Uganda
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/26/UGA/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
23 August 2016
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Chapter 3: Citizenship. Uganda's Constitution of 1995 with Amendments through 2005.
Accessed Date:
28 June 2017
Title:
Prevalence of fraudulent documents, including identity cards and passports (2014-December 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 January 2016
Accessed Date:
28 June 2016
Keywords:
document fraud; government corruption; identity documents; institutional efficacy; organized crime
Title:
Uganda/Rwanda: Whether a Rwandan born in Uganda has citizenship rights; conditions under which individuals whose ancestors are not Ugandan can obtain Ugandan citizenship; whether citizens of Uganda have rights to free university education...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 January 2008
Accessed Date:
30 October 2012
Keywords:
children; citizenship; identity documents; legislation; marriage; social services
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a driver's permit; information on the physical description of the driver's permit, including what information appears on it; whether a third party can replace a lost or expired driver's permit on behalf...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 June 2011
Accessed Date:
30 October 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; legislation
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a birth certificate, both within and outside the country, including by a third party; description of the certificate, including information contained in the document (2015-May 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 June 2017
Accessed Date:
29 June 2017
Title:
Ugandan Citizenship
Source:
Uganda. Ministry of Internal Affairs. Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control.
Accessed Date:
19 May 2016
Keywords:
children; citizenship; indigenous groups; legislation; medical records
Title:
Uganda. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
28 May 2018
Title:
Chapter 66. The Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act.
Accessed Date:
10 May 2016
Keywords:
children; citizenship; freedom of movement; identity documents; legislation; marriage; warrants
Title:
The Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control (Amendment) Act, 2009
Accessed Date:
10 May 2016
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
The Registration of Persons Act, 2015
Accessed Date:
10 May 2016
Keywords:
children; family law; identity documents; legislation; marriage
Title:
Requirements and procedures for an adult to obtain a certified copy of their birth certificate, including from abroad and whether it can be obtained by a third party; information on the appearance of the certificate, including security features...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 August 2017
Accessed Date:
21 June 2018
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Republic of Uganda. Election for President of 18 February 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Date of Document:
10 May 2016
Accessed Date:
10 May 2016
Keywords:
election; political organizations
Title:
Uganda. Parliament.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
15 February 2018
Accessed Date:
28 May 2018
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Uganda.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
28 May 2018
Title:
Uganda: Non-Governmental Organizations Bill Becomes Law
Source:
United States. The Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Monitor.
Date of Document:
17 March 2016
Accessed Date:
10 May 2016
Keywords:
human rights activists; legislation; political activities
Title:
Uganda: Bill Eliminating Presidential Age Limit and Extending Parliamentary Term Passed
Source:
United States. The Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Monitor.
Date of Document:
27 December 2017
Accessed Date:
28 May 2018
Title:
State of Privacy in Uganda
Source:
Privacy International
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
28 May 2018
Title:
African Union Election Observation Mission to the 18th February 2016 General Elections in the Republic of Uganda: Final Report
Source:
African Union Election Observation Mission
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
Title:
Human Rights and Elections in Uganda (2016). A Call for Action.
Source:
Foundation for Human Rights Initiative
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
Title:
Uganda's 2016 Elections: Another Setback for Democracy in Africa
Source:
Global Observatory
Date of Document:
24 February 2016
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
Title:
'The Movement Times' newspaper, including origin and relations with political movements, NGOs and governments; whether the newspaper has a political alignment (2014-January 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 September 2016
Accessed Date:
26 June 2017
Title:
Democratic Party in Entebbe, including objectives, leadership, and membership procedures; treatment of members by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) (2015-February 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 February 2017
Accessed Date:
29 June 2017
Title:
Treatment of members of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) (February 2016-November 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 November 2016
Accessed Date:
9 June 2017
Title:
National Action for Awakening Uganda (NAAU), including origin, structure, leadership and membership; treatment of members by authorities (2012-June 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 June 2016
Accessed Date:
26 June 2017
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Uganda. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
15 June 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Section 5: Women's Rights: GBV and Legal Reform. Gender Equality in Uganda: A Situation Analysis and Scoping Report for the Gender Development Partners Group.
Source:
Coffey International Development Ltd
Date of Document:
March 2014
Accessed Date:
15 June 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; gender equality; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
The Domestic Violence Act, 2010
Accessed Date:
23 June 2014
Keywords:
domestic violence; family law; legal system; legislation; marriage
Title:
The National Strategy to End Child Marriage and Teenage Pregnancy
Source:
Uganda; United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Date of Document:
June 2015
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
Title:
Uganda Country Gender Assessment
Source:
United Nations Development Programme
Date of Document:
October 2015
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
Title:
Forced marriages, including prevalence among the Buganda [Baganda] ethnic group, and among educated Buganda women; protection and support services available to women who refuse a forced marriage (2012-October 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 October 2015
Accessed Date:
21 June 2016
Keywords:
children; ethnic and national groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; social services; statistics
Title:
Regional Analysis. Uganda SIGI Country Report. Social Institutions and Gender Index.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; Uganda Bureau of Statistics
Accessed Date:
10 May 2016
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; political activities; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Uganda: Court Declares Refund of Bride-Price Under Customary Law Unconstitutional
Source:
United States. The Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Monitor.
Date of Document:
12 August 2015
Accessed Date:
10 May 2016
Keywords:
family law; legal system; marriage
Title:
Country of Origin Report: Sexual and Gender Minorities - Uganda
Source:
Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration
Date of Document:
October 2014
Accessed Date:
18 November 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; internal displacement; international guidance note; legal system; legislation; map; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; rejected asylum seekers; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
Uganda. State Sponsored Homophobia 2017: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition. 12th Edition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
26 June 2017
Title:
Uganda Report of Violations Based on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Source:
The Consortium on Monitoring Violations Based on Sex Determination, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Date of Document:
July 2015
Accessed Date:
11 May 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; gender equality; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; medical records; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; sexual minorities; statistics
Title:
Situation of LGBT persons in Uganda
Source:
Danish Immigration Service; Danish Refugee Council
Date of Document:
January 2014
Accessed Date:
23 June 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; corruption; crime; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; legal system; legislation; marriage; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; statistics; torture
Title:
Uganda. Status of LGBTI People in Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana and Uganda.
Source:
Finnish Immigration Service. Country Information Service.
Date of Document:
3 December 2015
Accessed Date:
26 June 2017
Title:
Uganda: 'Where Do We Go For Justice?' The Abuse of the Rights of Sexual Minorities in Uganda's Criminal Justice System.
Source:
Chapter Four Uganda
Date of Document:
27 February 2015
Accessed Date:
23 June 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of expression; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; medical records; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; sexual minorities; torture; warrants
Title:
Universal Periodic Review of Uganda. 26th Session, 31 October – 11 November 2016.
Source:
Transgender Equality Uganda (TEU); Sexual Rights Initiative
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
Title:
“And That's How I Survived Being Killed.” Testimonies of human rights abuses from Uganda's sexual and gender minorities.
Source:
Sexual Minorities Uganda
Date of Document:
April 2016
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Uganda: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
29 June 2018
Title:
Uganda. 2018 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
23 May 2018
Accessed Date:
20 June 2018
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Information about 'Release on Bond' and 'Warrant of Arrest' documents, including circumstances when such documents are issued and whether a summons is issued before an arrest warrant; appearance, including whether the corresponding section of...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 January 2016
Accessed Date:
28 June 2016
Keywords:
freedom of movement; identity documents; legal system; legislation
Title:
Pre-Trial Detention in Uganda
Source:
African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum; Uganda Human Rights Commission
Author:
Roselyn Karugonjo-Segawa
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Uganda: 'When I was Tortured No One Came Out'. Free Expression and Assembly in Peril Ahead of 2016 Polls.
Source:
Chapter Four Uganda
Date of Document:
15 February 2016
Accessed Date:
23 June 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; disappeared persons; election; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; state surveillance; statistics
Title:
Update to UGA105482 of 17 May 2016 on requirements and procedures for obtaining police reports, such as criminal complaints, from within the country as well as from abroad; fees; format, including appearance, signatures and letterhead; whether...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 June 2016
Accessed Date:
26 June 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures for obtaining police reports, such as criminal complaints, from within the country as well as from abroad; fees; format, including appearance, signatures and letterhead; whether there is a standard format across the...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 May 2016
Accessed Date:
26 June 2017
Title:
Uganda. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
Title:
State of Internet Freedom in Uganda 2016
Source:
Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
1 June 2017
Title:
Uganda. Freedom on the Net 2017.
Accessed Date:
20 June 2018
Title:
Uganda. International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
Accessed Date:
20 June 2018
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Uganda: Violence, Reprisals in Western Region. Inadequate Investigations, Unfair Trials, Irregular Amnesties.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
5 November 2014
Accessed Date:
15 June 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of the press; judicial efficacy; legal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; torture
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Uganda Immigration Entry/Exit Point
Source:
Uganda. Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control.
Accessed Date:
23 June 2016
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
Title:
Information on the presence of witchdoctors in Uganda; treatment of those who refuse to succeed the duties of their deceased brother who was the clan leader and clan witchdoctor, particularly among the Mpologoma clan; state protection...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 March 2017
Accessed Date:
26 June 2017
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 29 June 2018:
Title:
Uganda. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 April 2018
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2017&dlid=277059
Accessed Date:
24 April 2018
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