Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 40th Session of the Universal Periodic Review. Introduction UGANDA 1. International Refugee Rights Initiative1, Minority Rights Group2, The Uganda Child Rights NGO Network3, the International Centre for Transitional Justice4, and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion5 make this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the right to a nationality and human rights challenges pertaining to statelessness in Uganda. 2. The International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) is a not-for-profit organisation which aims at building a peaceful world where every person enjoys rights, security, and dignity. We have, for the last 15 years, been working to promote and protect human rights in conflict and displacement, through research, advocacy, and meaningful partnerships. IRRI is dedicated to promoting human rights in situations of conflict and displacement, and enhancing the protection of vulnerable populations before, during and after conflict. Our work, from research to advocacy, traverses various issues and situations across the African continent including statelessness. 3. The Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is an international human rights organisation founded with the objective of working to secure rights for ethnic, national, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples around the world. 4. The International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is a non-profit human rights organisation that works across society and borders to challenge the causes and address the consequences of massive human rights violations. Founded in 2001, ICTJ aims to affirm victims’ dignity, fight impunity, and promote responsive institutions in societies emerging from repressive rule or armed conflict as well as in established democracies where historical injustices or systemic abuse remain unresolved. ICTJ envisions a world where societies break the cycle of massive human rights violations and lay the foundations for peace, justice, and inclusion. ICTJ has been working in Uganda since 2009 to advance truth, justice and acknowledgment for victims of mass atrocities. For more information, see www.refugee-rights.org. For more information, see https://minorityrights.org/ 3 For more information, see http://ucrnn.net/. 4 For more information, see https://www.ictj.org/. 5 For more information, see https://institutesi.org/. 1 2 1