Access to Land and Land Rights in Post Conflict Societies in Uganda

The war waged by the Lord s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels between 1988 and 2006 in northern Uganda led to the massive displacement of people from their villages to internally displaced people s (IDP) camps. With the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement between the LRA rebels and the Government of Uganda, and the phasing out of IDP camps, IDPs were afforded an opportunity to return to their villages. The post conflict era, however, further exacerbated an already existing practice of deprivation of women and children from accessing their land. This book seeks to draw attention to the increased vulnerability of women and children in a post conflict society in northern Uganda in accessing their land, and encourage the formulation of mechanisms through which the rights of access to land of these vulnerable members of society could be better protected.

Autorentext

Ms. Melody Ginamia obtained an LLM degree in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, in 2010. She is currently employed as a Senior Human Rights Officer at the Uganda Human Rights Commission, a national human rights institution.

Klappentext

The war waged by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels between 1988 and 2006 in northern Uganda led to the massive displacement of people from their villages to internally displaced people's (IDP) camps. With the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement between the LRA rebels and the Government of Uganda, and the phasing out of IDP camps, IDPs were afforded an opportunity to return to their villages. The post conflict era, however, further exacerbated an already existing practice of deprivation of women and children from accessing their land. This book seeks to draw attention to the increased vulnerability of women and children in a post conflict society in northern Uganda in accessing their land, and encourage the formulation of mechanisms through which the rights of access to land of these vulnerable members of society could be better protected.