The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has established a Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities that undertook a research and information visit to the Republic of Uganda in July 2006, and this is the report from that visit. The report gives an account of meetings held with government authorities, civil society organizations, indigenous communities and other stakeholders, it describes the situation of the indigenous populations in the Republic of Uganda and it makes recommendations to the Government, civil society organizations and the international community. The report is published both in English and French.

The visit was designed to update the Working Group on the human rights situation of the Batwa Pygmies of Western Uganda as well as that of the pastoralists in the north and north-eastern parts of the country. It also sought to identify the challenges faced by these communities and by the government and other stakeholders in addressing the human rights situations of indigenous communities.

This report has ten key sections: background and social demographic features, history, constitutional/legal and policy framework and the indigenous question, the Ugandan human rights record, a conceptualization of indigenous peoples in Uganda, the Batwa Pygmies, the Benet, the Ugandan pastoralists, the State’s responses to addressing development challenges, and recommendations.

Publishing date: October 2009

ISBN:  978-87-91563-60-7

Paper. Approximately 150 pp.