The government has been urged to ratify a protocol that allows Ugandan citizens and organizations to refer cases to the African Court on Human and People’s Rights.

Only 26 out of the 54 African states have ratified the protocol and only 5 countries have made declarations, among them Burkina Faso, Mali, Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania where the court is established.

The President of the Court, Hon Justice Gerard Niyungeko says there is a gap between the main legal instrument responsible to implement and the number of states that have allowed the court to operate.

Justice Niyungeko was today meeting the Deputy Attorney General, Fred Ruhindi in a brief meeting held this afternoon in Kampala.

Niyungeko urges government to take interest and enable its people makes use of the court when they have failed to address the issues locally.

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