F.a: Promoting Land Rights and Access to Justice in Buliisa and Pakwach Districts in Uganda

General

Promoting Land Rights and Access to Justice project is a one year project aimed at contributing toward promoting land rights and access to justice in two districts of Buliisa and Pakwach in Uganda. It will enable women, youth, PWDs, local communities and t heir local leaders overcome the challenges affecting their land rights and access to justice concerning oil and gas activities in Uganda. This will be achieved through awareness creation on land and properties rights and land laws and other policies among women, youth, PWDs and local communities so as to enable them to defend their rights in a meaningful way, capacity building of women groups’ members on alternative disputes resolution (ADR), gender based conflicts and providing legal advice, strategic li tigation and mediation to victims of land rights violation and supporting oil infrustructure development affected communities. The project is expected to Increased awareness on land rights and land-related policies and laws and reduced land rights violatio n cases among the local community in the project target districts. www.birudo.org