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Today I was privileged to attend the Inter-University Moot Court Competition organized by PRI in Africa which carries out advocacy work against the death penalty in Uganda. The death penalty is irreversible, violates the right to lifeand does not deter crime. ADC in Uganda ๐ฆ๐น๐บ๐ฌ EU in Uganda
All European Union Countries ๐ช๐บ have abolished capital punishment. In Austria ๐ฆ๐น capital punishment was abolished completely in February 1968. ~ Dr. Katja Yvonne Kerschbaumer Head of ADC in Uganda ๐ฆ๐น๐บ๐ฌ
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#InterUniversityMoot
Enlightening meeting with Uganda Revenue Authority officials Twaha Kayondo and Tusiime Racheal today. We discussed the income tax exemption process for NGOs and compliance requirements for our partners. We look forward to the collaborative efforts ahead towards compliance. The NGO Forum
Together with ๐ธ๐ช and ๐ฉ๐ฐ, we celebrated #IDAHOT2024 with our good friends & partners. NL ๐ณ๐ฑ stands for universal human rights, including those of the #LGBTIQ + community. Everyone, irrespective of sexual orientation or gender identity, should be free from discrimination.๐ณ๏ธโ๐ #LoveWins
โ๏ธNon-discrimination
โ๏ธEquality
โ๏ธJustice
โ๏ธAccountability
These concepts were at the heartโค๏ธ of the conversation on LGBTQ+ rights in Uganda at the IDAHOT reception yesterday, hosted by the Dutch Ambassador Karin Boven and co-organised with the Embassies of Denmark & Sweden.
Happy to receive DI Gabriel Stecher and Florian Sorge from BOKU University BOKU HyWa. They are researching agricultural practices in Mpanga catchment area so as to improve water quality under the #SWAQ project in partnership with IIASA AustrianDev. ๐
Our Ambassador Jan Sadek had the pleasure to host guests at a reception celebrating #EuropeDay in Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ, a historic event marking the creation of the European Union ๐ช๐บ, and celebrated every May 9. The event laid the foundation for #peace , #unity & #prosperity in Europe.
Happy #EuropeDay ! Today we honour Robert Schuman's vision of a united, peaceful, and thriving Europe.
We celebrate the people who built our Union. And those who keep building it every day.
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The AustrianDev funded #SCCR is implementing a #TripleNexus approach through seven consortium partners including ACP Schlaining รsterr. Rotes Kreuz CARE Uganda PALM Corps Uganda Red Cross Society focusing on training peace monitors, SGBV and conflict resolution in West Nile. A unique project!
Last week I attended the 7th Joan Kagezi Memorial Lecture at Kololo Independence Grounds. I knew Joan personally and will never forget her professionalism, dedication and commitment. I commend the ODPPUGANDA for intentionally holding this annual memorial in her remembrance.
The Uganda Police Force Canine/K9 breeding center welcomed ADC in Uganda ๐ฆ๐น๐บ๐ฌ and fellow Justice Devโt Partners during a Joint monitoring visit at Nagalama Police Station. The K9 unit strengthens investigations and improves the quality of evidence in Courts thereby increasing #accesstojustice .
Congratulations to Jim Spire Ssentongo, this yearโs recipient of the EU in Uganda Human Rights Defenders Award! ๐ #EUHRDAward2024 #StandUp4HumanRights
Jim Spire Ssentongo received the 2024 EU Human Rights Defenders Award #EUHRDAward2024 for his use of social media to highlight issues of accountability through โexhibitionsโ. This has earned him significant praise but also threats due to his exposure of wrongdoing in public life. ๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ฌ
Congratulations to Ugandan academic, cartoonist and #humanrights defender Jim Spire Ssentongo who is the receipient of the 2024 EU Human Rights Defenders Award #EUHRDAward2024 .
#StandUp4HumanRights #EUandUganda
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The Austrian Devโt Bank OeEB ๐ฆ๐น together w European Investment Bank ๐ช๐บ and #BIO ๐ง๐ช recently launched the โTowerCo of Africaโ project to improve access to telecom services in rural UG ๐บ๐ฌ by installing 506 telecom towers. A vital partnership to support Government of Ugandaโs digital transformation.
Exciting morning as our office staff warmly welcome AustrianDev Sustainable Energy Advisor, Manfred Bรผrstmayr to Uganda! We had a great discussion about the sustainable & renewable energy sector in ๐บ๐ฌ ahead of various stakeholder meetings in the Pearl of Africa. De.
As part of our ongoing efforts to reduce the number of human rights abuses & violations in Northern Uganda, our team is conducting a 2-day non-residential capacity building workshop for HRDs, duty bearers and key stakeholders in Pader district on the
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#NorthernUGRightsRestore
Today I attended the first Judiciary Uganda National Court Open Day under the theme: A People-Centered Approach to Justice. It was an insightful day, interacting with many different stakeholders in the Justice Sector and discussing success stories and challenges alike.
While the right to water is universally recognized as a human right, more research and jurisprudence is needed to further clarify and shape the content of this right. In case you want to know what the right to water entails, read my opinion in the Daily Monitor today.
