following the nolle prosequi entered by the Director of Prosecutions and inform
the Commission accordingly;
v.
Directs the Government of Uganda to ensure that the provisions of the Uganda
Peoples’ Defence Forces Act No. 7 of 2005, through which the Victims who are
civilians were charged in the General Court Martial, is revised to prohibit the
trial of civilians before military courts;
vi.
Calls on the Government of Uganda to train its military personnel and law
enforcement officials on human rights principles, including the African
Charter, the Guidelines on the Conditions of Arrest, Police Custody and PreTrial detention in Africa, the Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Fair
Trial and Legal Assistance in Africa, the Principles and Guidelines on Human
and Peoples’ Rights while Countering Terrorism in Africa, among others;
vii.
Requests the Government of Uganda to inform the Commission within one
hundred and eighty (180) days of being notified of this decision, the measures
taken to implement the present decision in accordance with Rule 112(2) of the
Rules of Procedure of the Commission.
Done in Dakar, Senegal, at the 22nd Extra-Ordinary Session of the African Commission
on Human and Peoples’ Rights held from 29 July to 07 August 2017
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