Description

A crisis of monumental proportions has taken place in Northern Uganda for the past 21 years and counting. This report examines some of the issues the aftermath of forced displacement has left.

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From the Executive Summary:

This report aims to help foster the two transitions currently underway in Acholi sub-region of northern Uganda: from twenty-one years of civil war to tentative peace, and from over a decade of mass internal displacement to a return home. It does so by identifying, using a human rights lens, existing and potential obstacles to sustainable and inclusive peace and return. The report’s fundamental conviction is that the Acholi community can and should itself lead the processes of return and reconstruction, and of justice and reconciliation, and so all external interventions, whether oriented around return, economic development, human rights, women’s empowerment, or justice and reconciliation, should be limited to providing the “minimum effective dose” needed to enable the Acholi community to rebuild itself in an inclusive manner. The report is based primarily upon research carried out by eight researchers staying in sixteen camps in all four districts from May-August, 2007.

Research/Publication Credits

Lead Researcher: Dr. Adam Branch (email: arb122@columbia.edu)

Human Rights Focus Project Team: Lilian Aneno, Human Rights Monitor; Martin Komakec, Information and Documentation Officer; Francis Odongyoo, Research and Advocacy Officer; Adrian Yen, Research Coordinator.

Researchers: Fred Anywar, Grace Lalweny, Grace Lamwaka Obita, Lawrence Okello, Okot Yasinto Okidi, Emmanuel Okot, Francis Oola, Denis Barnabas Otim.