Zahara Nampewo

Dr. Zahara Nampewo, is a female Ugandan lawyer, human rights activist, and academic. She is the executive director of the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) at Makerere University School of Law, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.

Quotes

• Does the absence of war and violence because of heavy deployment of militarization mean sustainable peace?
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• Using Minister Mao's words we need to set our suppressed National soul free. This can only happen if we reflect on what went wrong and target redress or restoration.
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• There have been lost cultural, spiritual and economic properties that have been taken away from communities without free prior and informed consent.
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• International and regional laws on children’s rights are fairly well developed and cover aspects of social rights such as the protection of children from sexual abuse. A dilemma remains however on the issue of child-to-child sex leaving many grey areas on how to deal with this predicament at the domestic level.
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• High levels of unemployment especially among the youth remains one of Uganda’s challenges.
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