JustIn⏰: @CommunitiesOrg part of the annual legal, regulatory and fiscal compliance bootcamp with Development Law Group on Building a culture of compliance and resilience for civil society organizations in Kampala. @giz_uganda @DCAUganda @Papiusfidel3

JustIn⏰: @CommunitiesOrg represented by our #ED @ConsultAlbert is a part of the Kigezi Region planning Meeting organised by @NPA_UG at @KabaleDistrict Rukiiko Hall. Among the issues to discuss are the key challenges that must be addressed under the #NDPIV

JustIn⏰: @CommunitiesOrg delivers a memorandum that presents key human rights concerns emerging from LOSCO's Quarterly #HumanRightsSituation Analysis and Key Issues in Kigezi and seeks structured engagement with the @UHRC_UGANDA and the @PoliceUg. urlkub.co/qO8jDR The #memorandum is designed to support UHRC's constitutional mandate to monitor the human rights situation, investigate human rights violations, receive and act upon complaints, promote human rights education, monitor State compliance with human rights obligations and contribute to appropriate remedies and redress and also seeks to support constructive engagement between Police, communities, civil society and other duty bearers by identifying priority concerns requiring investigation, prevention, enforcement, communication and follow-up. LOSCO is specifically requesting UHRC to consider the following decisions and actions: · Identify priority human rights concerns requiring UHRC monitoring or inquiry; · Determine which reported cases should be referred, investigated or followed up through the appropriate UHRC mechanism; · Undertake targeted monitoring of systemic human rights concerns affecting vulnerable communities in Kigezi; · Facilitate engagement with responsible duty bearers where systemic violations or institutional gaps are identified; · Designate a UHRC focal person for structured engagement with LOSCO; and · Agree on a time-bound follow-up process to assess progress and outstanding human rights concerns. Also; #Specifically, requests the #KigeziRegionalPoliceCommand to: * Strengthen follow-up and accountability for reported cases involving loss of life, violent crime and protection of vulnerable persons; * Strengthen targeted road-safety enforcement and prevention along high-risk corridors; Improve police-community access to information, reporting and justice, particularly for women, children, youth and other vulnerable groups; * Designate a Police focal person to coordinate implementation and reporting on the agreed actions; and * Provide a written response to the priority actions within 14 calendar days and participate in a follow-up accountability engagement with LOSCO and relevant stakeholders. This memorandum is therefore intended to facilitate specific commitments, measurable actions and documented follow-up, rather than simply record concerns.

JustIn⏰: 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙙 In Uganda, unsafe abortion continues to be a serious public health concern, leaving women and girls at risk of severe bleeding, infection, injury, disability and death. Uganda’s health-sector guidelines have previously estimated hundreds of thousands of unsafe abortions annually, with a significant number resulting in severe complications. Behind every statistic is a woman or girl - a daughter, mother, sister, friend or member of a community - whose life should not have been lost because she could not access timely, safe and appropriate reproductive healthcare. Unsafe abortion is preventable. The @WHO notes that deaths and severe complications can be prevented through comprehensive sexuality education, access to effective contraception, safe abortion care where legally available, and timely treatment of complications. Today, we remember the lives lost. We stand with those living with complications. And we call for a health system where no woman or girl is pushed into an unsafe abortion because of lack of information, services, affordability, stigma or fear. Access to safe and legal abortion is not only a matter of healthcare - it is a matter of dignity, bodily autonomy, equality and the right to life. The question is not whether unsafe abortion costs lives. It does. The question is how many more lives must be lost before we act? #SafeAndLegalCare