👏TTWG members were yesterday evening able to elect their new leaders. Robert J.Turyakira was the elected as the new chairperson, Winnie Mugambwa as the Vice Chairperson and Akiiso Joseph as the Secretary. NCHRDs-UG wishes them the best. Ford Foundation #TogetherWeDefend

Thank you TDELF and NCHRDs-UG . It's a pleasure promoting and advocating for Human Rights through such art.

NCHRDs-UG has successfully oriented #TTWG members on their governance charter which is the policy document that outlines the guidelines and procedures regarding the composition of the TTWG, their responsibilities and how they interface with various stakeholders of the Coalition.

📢The commemoration of the #IHRDday2023 officially kicked off today in Jinja City. The event had a series of activities, including walking, tree planting, health camp and fitness exercises. The tree planting exercise was geared towards leaving a mark behind regarding #HRDs

👏Tree planting session: #HRDs Robert J.Turyakira and @Mugambwawinnie together with the chief walker Hon. Kyakulaga Fred Bwino MP actively taking part. #IHRDDay2023 #TogetherWeDefend

👏We want thank all #HRDs, state and non state actors, our partners, services providers, media and the general public who took part in Day 1 activities to commemorate the IHRD Day 2023. Day two also awaits tomorrow, still in Jinja City. #IHRDDay2023 #TogetherWeDefend

🏙️ This month, let's explore sustainable urban living. Share ideas for creating inclusive, resilient cities and communities. 💙🌆 un.org/sustainabledev… #GlobalGoals

The impact the Montreal Protocol has had on climate change mitigation cannot be overstressed – look back at the latest science on ozone layer recovery here: unep.org/news-and-stori…

Meet Toko Jimmy Brian,our newly hired Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Advisor with over 15 years as an educationist, researcher & M&E specialist.He's passionate about the environment, good governance, & leadership.Married with three Kids & loves playing scrabble,nature & tours.

Participating in the Mid-Term Review Meeting Supporting Effective and Equitable Access to Justice for Victims of gross human rights violations through Transitional Justice with ICTJ Uganda TDELF Robert J.Turyakira

🗣️Are you passionate about defending human rights? The best choice is to join the NCHRDs-UG and connect with fellow defenders. #TogetherWeDefend

👏We are excited this morning to hold our empowerment training of the #TTWGs at Premier Hotel Entebbe. This training which will take three days, is supported by Open Society Foundations #TogetherWeDefend

As we conclude our day one empowerment training of #TTWGs, the facilitator Mr. Edrine Wanyama is taking participants through a session of monitoring, documentation and reporting (MDR) principles. #TogetherWeDefend

👏#Day 2: Empowerment training of #TTWG is still on at Premier Best Western Entebbe. Participants have been taken through response mechanisms that require mass action, advocacy and support to issues of fragility. #TogetherWeDefend

📢We are excited to hold our Mid term Universal Periodic Review Conference under the theme "Citizen Centered Universal Periodic Review Process". This is supported by DefendDefenders #UGUPR2022_26 #TogetherWeDefend

We're glad to join the NCHRDs-UG to co-convene citizen civic clusters to review Uganda's mid-term performance on its human rights commitments under the Universal Periodic Review mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council. #UGUPR2022_26

Happening Now: UPR MTR Workshop: UPR is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. CSOs and HRDs have constantly engaged in the process, in order to effect positive change for human rights across the world.

👏 Joseph Bikanda notes that the #UPR is an important opportunity for human rights focused #CSOs to strengthen collaboration & harmonize strategies towards influencing National human rights reforms in line with the UN Human Rights Council  #UGUPR2022_26 #TogetherWeDefend