We enable vulnerable victims of human rights to gain access to justice services by facilitating pro-bono legal services. This is supplemented by our initiatives on access to legal counselling for victims of human rights violations.
Caritas Fort Portal-HEWASA in conjunction with the Judiciary, the Uganda Police Force, the Uganda Prisons Force ,the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and other actors in the settlement, organized a High Court Mini criminal session for refugees who had been committed to
the High court but because of administrative issues had never had a day in court. The result progress
was as follows.
Outside the settlement in Fort Portal, Bunyangabu, Kabarole and Kyegewa districts victims of justice have received legal counsel from the Justice and Peace office and some have been refered for proborno services rendered by partners,12 people have been supported.
In the same areas, Leaders were trained to identify and make referral pathways of victims of human rights violation. Leaders developed a tool of recording information regarding cases of human rights violation handled in their areas.