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4 - Off the Agenda as Uganda Moves toward Development

Uganda’s Transitional Justice Process

from Part I - Understanding the Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2018

Paige Arthur
Affiliation:
New York University
Christalla Yakinthou
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
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Tania Bernath shows how the government’s lack of commitment, tension between government and the international donor community, and a lack of civil society capacity can have a corrosive effect on the progress of TJ in a country. The case examines donors’ long-term interest in supporting the Justice, Law and Order Sector, which includes the state bodies responsible for designing and implementing TJ, as well as trends in donor support to civil society working on TJ. It also looks at the use of a novel funding arrangement—the multilateral basket fund called the Democratic Governance Facility—which aims to promote coordination among donors on a range of issues, including TJ. Bernath describes how the draft national TJ policy, which provides a framework and common language around TJ initiatives, has been in process for several years, but it has stalled due to lack of government commitment. Similarly, trials both at the national and international level were delayed, only starting in 2016. While a number of civil society organizations (supported by donors) have emerged as leaders and experts on TJ issues, they continue to work largely independently and have not formed an effective counterweight to government resistance to TJ. This lack of progress has left a number of key donors and UN partners frustrated. Many have lost confidence in the process, with CSOs working on TJ bearing the brunt of this frustration. Now, donors are starting to move on—shifting their priorities from peacebuilding to development, where TJ may figure less prominently.
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Print publication year: 2018

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