Uganda says it will not renew term of U.N. human rights office

Uganda says it will not renew term of U.N. human rights office | Reuters

An overview of the special session on the situation in Ukraine of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

KAMPALA, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Uganda will not renew the mandate of the United Nations’ rights office in the East African country and will rely on domestic institutions to safeguard rights, the government said, after the body flagged torture and unlawful detention sites.

In a letter by Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Ministry sent to Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Feb. 3 and seen by Reuters on Wednesday, the ministry noted progress Uganda had made in developing a domestic capacity to monitor rights as the main reason for its decision.https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-says-it-will-not-renew-mandate-un-human-rights-office-2023-02-08/