Country:Uganda

Delegate:Yury Allen Herrera Garcia Grade:1st D

Committee:OHCHR

Topic A:Defending The Human Rights of Indigenous people

GENERAL INFORMATION

Type of government:Democratic republic Location:its located in the middle of sudan , Tanzania and Kenya Allies:U.S,congo,Kenya. Religion:cristians are aboute 84 %percent of Uganda and the rest are evangelist and Pentecostals Historical events:people who were probably from central africa, migrated to the south.These groups brought and developed ironworking skills and new ideas of social and political organization.people like Luo and Ateker entered the area from the north, They were cattle herders and subsistence farmers who settled mainly the northern and eastern parts of the country. Uganda had an independence from Britain in 1962, having its its Commonwealth membership.

TOPIC A

DEFENDING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

WGIP submitted a first draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples to the Sub- Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, which was later approved in 1994. The Draft was sent for consideration to the then U.N. Commission on Human Rights for further discussion and if it was deemed to be appropriate, to approve the proposed declaration before its submission to ECOSOC and the U.N. General Assembly.It is expected that the Declaration will be submitted for adoption by the General Assembly at its 61st. Session. If adopted, the Declaration will not be legally binding for Member States.Promoting full and effective participation of indigenous peoples in decisions which directly or indirectly affect their lifestyles, traditional lands and territories, their cultural integrity as indigenous peoples with collective rights or any other aspect of their lives, considering the principle of free, prior and informed consent.Social marginalization and legal

discrimination place Indigenous peoples at risk of a wide range of human rights violations directed against community leaders, individuals and Indigenous

societies as a whole. Amnesty International takes action by exposing abuses in reports and the press, and by mobilizing public pressure through tools like our Urgent Action Network.

COUNTRYS INVELOPE IN THE PROBLEM In February 2008, the Uganda Wildlife Authority and the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces evicted more than 4,000 people from the Benet and Ndorobo communities living in Mount Elgon National Park in East Uganda. Peoples houses and crops were destroyed, cattle were confiscated and the people were left homeless. But they did not worry about finding any alternative land. In May, a group of about 100 people who had been evicted from Mount Elgon camped outside Parliament in Kampala, demanding that the government allocate them land.[6] A month later, Nelson Chelimo, the district chairman of Kapchorwa, near Mount Elgon, said that food aid was urgently need to save the lives of more than 1,000 Benet people.But UWAs Joshua Masereka, chief of Mount Elgon National Park, ignores the ruling. We have always given the Benet time to vacate. We do not need them in the Park, he said.Such disregard for power of courts is what is making access to justice for the poor and marginalized communities in Uganda unattainable, says Chemisto Satya, a Programme Manager with ActionAid Uganda.when UWA evicted the Benet in February this year People have no food and shelter following their eviction by Uganda Wildlife Authority and the army,So in fact what these case caused is leave thousands of indigenous people hungry and whit out a shelter in mount elgon national park.

And according to the equal opportunities commission,thers equal opportunities for every Ugandan in Uganda even if hes indigenous or the must richest person in Uganda.

BACKGROUND PAPER

Is your country involved in this problem? Yes

How?

Because the Ugandan people evicted more than 4,000 people from the tribes of Benet and Ndorobo living in mount elgon national park people houses were destroyed as if they were just trash,And they didnt even worried aboute it they didnt tried to find alternative land and they camped outside Parliament in kampalaThen nelson Chemilo said there need food to save people fronm the tribe but then UWAs chief of mount elgon park said We have always given the benet time to vacate we dont need them in the park So I defiantly think The UN should make changes in this type of situation.

What are some possible solutions that your country suggest?

My country suggest to give some land and houses to that indigenous people and probably demand UWA so they can pay for their injustice and definatly give a solution for this problem in my country.

What kind of violations agains indigenous people does ypur country have?

The indigenous Batwa people have been badly affected in the whole region by these conflicts among the dominant ethnic groups. The Batwa people in Uganda mainly live in the mountainous Kabale, Kisoro and Rukungiri districts of south-western Uganda. The Basua or Bambuti people, numbering only in the seventies, live in Semliki Valley of Bundibugyo district in western Uganda, near the border with DRC26. United Organisation of Batwa Development in Uganda (UOBDU) was formed in 2000 to negotiate Batwa peoples rights with the government and international NGOs, especially with the Mgahinga and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Trust, the NGO -- CARE and the Uganda Wildlife Trust. UOBDU gradually gained support from donors and NGOs and eventually got recognition by the government when it was invited in 2004 to join national celebrations in Kampala27. Apart from the Batwa peoples, very little information is available regarding the situation of the pastoralist and other indigenous peoples of Uganda.

The CCA Uganda mentions discussion among the thematic groups and national stakeholders from the Government and civil society in order to ensure national ownership of indigenous peoples of the process. There were nine thematic groups and those were open to both government and civil society representation. In absence of further detail, the issue of consultation with and participation of indigenous peoples during preparation of the CCA remains unclear.CCA Uganda made many direct references to indigenous peoples. A few examples are: .. access to education in some part of the country is still elusive,In spite of non-availability of ethnically disaggregated data, sincere attempts have been made to use such information as far as possible. Less than 20% school enrolment among the semi-nomadic population of Karamoja has been utilized to justify special.The CCA already recommends involvement of indigenous peoples of Uganda in conflict resolution, natural resource management and delivery of basic social services like education, health and sanitation. These early inroads made in the CCA had opened up greater scope for inclusion of indigenous peoples in the UNDAF and country programmes. 13education projects for them. 75% of the 50,000 sq km forest land in Uganda has been mentioned as either under private or traditional ownership of the indigenous peoples. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/ccaundafs.pdf

2http://www.chr.up.ac.za/chr_old/indigenous/country_reports/Country_reports_ Uganda.

3http://chrislang.org/2008/06/27/uganda-thousands-of-indigenous-peopleevicted-from-fsc-certified-mount-elgon-national-park/

4http://www.forestpeoples.org/sites/fpp/files/publication/2010/08/ugandaindigwo rld09eng.pdf

5http://www.ikuska.com/Africa/Paises/Uganda.htm

6http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5019582.stm