Publications – Page 2 – Uganda Consortium on Corporate Accountability

Submission to the UN Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises

This submission responds to question 3 under the state duty to protect human rights. This submission highlights the mechanisms that should exist at the State level to assess and ensure that extractive sector operations do not adversely impact human rights. The submission further explains whether the measures are effectively enforced and whether they provide the … Read more

State of Labour Rights in Uganda: Pursuing the Right to Livelihood and Dignity for All Workers

Submission to the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises: Development Finance Institutions and Human Rights

This submission is drafted by the Uganda Consortium on Corporate Accountability. The consortium works to promote corporate accountability and respect for human rights by businesses. This submission responds to question 5 under the access to remedy part of the questionnaire. This submission highlights concerns about the African Development Bank, a regional DFI, and its funding … Read more

Written contribution from African Civil Society and Faith- Based Organisations to the Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights, on the Third Revised Draft of the Legally Binding Instrument on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with regard to Human Rights

Impact of the High Electricity Tariff on Ugandans’ Economic and Social Rights

Position Paper on the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and Forced Labour Regulation

Between Exploitation & Work: Realizing the Right to Work of Ugandan Migrant Workers in the Middle East

Position Paper on Employment (Amendment) Bill 2022

Benchmarking the Social, Economic and Environmental Status of the Oil and Gas Host Communities

The Albertine Graben (AG), the area running along the entire western border of Uganda has been confirmed to contain commercial oil and gas resources. Part of the graben are the districts of Hoima, Buliisa and Kikuube, which also form part of the oil-rich Bunyoro region. The study was commissioned by the Uganda Consortium on Corporate … Read more

CSO Proposals on the Amendment of the Investment Code Act, 2019

In 2019, the Government of Uganda amended the Investment Code Act (the “Act”) to replace the previous Code which was enacted in 1991 and was long overdue for amendment given the changes in approach to attracting investment and the glaring weaknesses in the old Code. The core objective of the new code is to strengthen … Read more