UN Ends Uganda Human Rights Operations - Voice of America

Nevertheless, she said, many serious human rights challenges remained, citing concerns about the situation ahead of the 2026 elections. “We are already seeing concerns emerging about the ... Read More

Uganda’s Octogenarian President Seeks to Extend Four-Decade Rule

Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni is seeking nomination as the ruling party’s presidential candidate for the upcoming elections in January, in a bid to extend his four-decade grip on power, which human rights ... Read More

Uganda: Govt Terminates Operations for UN Human Rights Office in Uganda

In Uganda, the UN Human Rights office was established in 2006, with an initial mandate on the human rights situation in the conflict-affected areas in Northern and North-Eastern Uganda. Read More

UN closes its human rights office in Uganda as government ends an agreement allowing it to operate - The Independent

Türk expressed concern about the situation in Uganda ahead of elections in 2026, given an “increasingly hostile environment” for human rights defenders, journalists and others, his office said. Read More

Uganda says it will not renew mandate of UN human rights office | Human Rights News - Al Jazeera

Uganda has said it will not renew the mandate of the United Nations human rights office in the East African country, citing the development of its own sufficient capacity to monitor rights compliance. Read More

Activists Decry Closure of UN Human Rights Office in Uganda

In February 2021, after Uganda's general elections, Bobi Wine, the leader of the opposition National Unity Party platform, delivered a petition to the U.N. human rights office in Kampala. Read More

UN petitioned to look at 2021 rights abuses | Monitor

The human rights committees and special mandate holders at the United Nations (UN) have been petitioned to take action against government of Uganda for alleged “gross violations of human rights ... Read More