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National Environment Management Authority - (NEMA) Uganda

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) was established in May 1995 and became active in December 1995. It is a semi-autonomous authority and is the principal agency charged with “the responsibility of coordinating, monitoring, regulating and supervising environmental management in the country”. Details are given of the structure and management of the organisation. A wide selection of environmental reports, project reports and “Sensitivity Atlases” covering different regions and resources are available in full text to download/view free of charge.

Parliament of Uganda

This is the official website of the Parliament of Uganda. It provides information on the structure, function and current activities of the parliament. This includes a listing of current MPs, committees and constituencies, news releases and information on legislative activities concerning acts and bills passing through the house. There is also some access to recent issues of Hansard, parliamentary debates.

World Law: Uganda

Uganda section of WorldLII's Countries service. A full range of browse and search features is available on the site. Browse sections highlight links relating to Legislation, Government, Courts and Parliament. Additional subject areas include Human Rights, Good Governance, Privatisation and Taxation, Revenue and Customs. A stored search will automatically search for materials relating to the Republic of Uganda on all of WorldLII. WorldLII was created and is being developed by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) as a public service.

Commonwealth Legal Information Institute

The Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII) is a cooperative legal information initiative led by AustLII (the Australasian Legal Information Institute) providing access to freely available legal materials from all Commonwealth countries. CommonLII contains over 400 databases providing case law, legislation, treaties and law reform reports from more than 50 Commonwealth and common law countries and territories.

Uganda Human Rights Commission

The Uganda Human Rights Commission is an independent constitutional body which was established under the constitution to protect and promote human rights in Uganda. Its website provides information on the history, function and work of the commission. It includes access to all its annual reports from 2001 to date, some full-text reports and papers on human rights and human rights abuse in Uganda and full-text human rights legislation. The Commission's Tribunbal hears human rights cases and decisions can be downloaded from the site.

East African Community

The East African Community is an intergovernmental regional organisation which seeks to promote social, economic and political cooperation between the African nations of Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and Kenya. Its website provides information on the aims of the organisation, its members and current activities. It provides free access to recent press releases, communiques, annual reports, full-text treaties and other documents. Topics covered include free trade and fiscal policies in Africa, economic aid, health policy, democratic and political development.

Ugandan Legal Information Institute

The Ugandan Legal Information Institute (ULII) is being developed by the Ugandan Law Reporting Committee and the South African Legal Information Institute (Saflii) with the aim of providing access to freely available legal information from Uganda. ULII is currently being hosted on the Saflii website. Databases on the site provide full text access to cases from the Supreme Court, Constitutional Court, Court of Appeal, High Court and Commercial Court along with the consolidated Laws of Uganda.

Republic of Uganda Judiciary

Official website of the Ugandan Judiciary. The site provides background information on the roles and functions of the Judiciary and gives an outline of its structure. There is information on the Ugandan courts including cause lists and profiles of judges. The site also links to sources of Ugandan judgements and to other Ugandan legal resources.

Uganda Law Reform Commission

Website of the Uganda Law Reform Commission (ULRC) a body established in 1990 by the Uganda Law Reform Commission Act. The site provides information on the composition, powers and functions of the ULRC. Study reports of the ULRC can be downloaded from the site in PDF. These focus on a range of commercial and criminal projects dealing with competition law, consumer protection, insolvency law, companies, sale of goods and services and intellectual property. A full text copy of the Constitution of Uganda is also available to download from the site.

Uganda Law Society

Website of the Uganda Law Society, which represents the legal profession and promotes access to justice, human rights and the rule of law in Uganda. The site gives information about the structure and work of the organisation.

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