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Guide pour la promotion, la mise en oeuvre, le suivi et l’évaluation. Ce Manuel Populaire a été élaboré avec l’appui technique de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et produit avec le soutien financier de l’Union européenne (UE), Oxfam et le Ministère du Développement Agraire du Brésil, ainsi que les contributions des […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Land rights,
This toolkit is designed to strengthen the capacity of national government staff and assist them in integrating gender equality into the development of National Communications (NCs). It is recognized that NC reporting processes can be a meaningful entry point for training, awareness-raising and capacity-building efforts. Preparation of reports can also influence other, ongoing climate change […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Climate change, Discrimination,
This manual presents a series of methodologies, tools and practices that have been used and validated by the anti-corruption community over the last few years. The Guide intends to respond to the increasing demand from a wide range of stakeholders for updated guidance on measuring both corruption and its absence, specifically the phenomena of transparency, […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Corruption,
Promoting community legal volunteers to safeguard land rights in Uganda. Supporting Access to Justice, Fostering Equity and Peace (USAID-SAFE) commissioned the development of this Handbook as part of its objective to strengthen the Government of Uganda’s (GoU) capacity with respect to peace building and conflict mitigation. This initiative is part of efforts to provide assistance, […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Land rights,
Based in Brussels, Belgium. Date established: 1992 Description: Avocats Sans Frontières is an international NGO specialised in defending human rights and supporting justice. ASF intervenes in countries where human rights are not respected, where political violence and armed conflict reign, and where legal rules are flouted. Provides legal advice and support through its programmes and […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights, Migration and refugee rights,
PILAC was established at the School of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda in 1998. PILAC’s mission is to challenge academic, political and social elitism, promote equality and non-discriminatory access to justice, and facilitate the greater protection of human rights at the national, regional and international levels. PILAC’s vision is to build a cadre of lawyers […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights,
Description: IHRDA’s vision is to see a continent where all have access to justice, using national, African and international human rights law and mechanisms for the promotion and protection of their rights. IHRDA serves as pro bono counsel for individuals and NGOs litigating their cases against state parties before the African human rights treaty bodies. […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights,
This training toolkit seeks to strengthen understanding of property rights for women and men as equal citizens. Because women in Uganda are often not treated as equal citizens, toolkit materials address what rights women have, how to communicate women’s rights, and the issues preventing women from exercising their rights. The overarching goals of the training […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Land rights,
This is a step-by-step, practical “how to” manual for grassroots advocates working to help communities protect their customary claims and rights to land and natural resources. The guide helps communities to build unity and internal capacity for community land protection, to document and map their land claims, to strengthen local governance and seek formal government […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Land rights,
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