THE ICRC IN Activity Update June to December 2011

‘‘WE THANK THE ICRC FOR THE HUMAN HEART SHOWN TO US…’’ Uganda Prison inmate Lying 320 kilometres west of , situation before the intervention by the Fort Portal is one of the important centres ICRC. ‘’Every year…the high number of of commerce in Uganda. Named after Sir inmates admitted at the prison…created Gerald Portal, a one time British Special congestion in all the Wards and TB was Commissioner for Uganda, it is adjacent spreading like wild re…’’ to two national parks and to the famous Over the course of project implementation Rwenzori Mountains. The town also has a and for the sake of infection control, the nearby prison in Katojo, which has been ICRC installed incinerators in the three New Head of Delegation one of three such facilities chosen by the pilot sites, provided a bio-safety cabinet resumes in Kampala in January ICRC for a health pilot project that has for the central laboratory of Murchison enabled inmates bene t from preventive Bay Hospital (as the sole penitentiary Riccardo Conti will be resuming in and curative treatment for HIV/AIDS, TB and hospital in the country), installed extraction Malaria. Uganda next January as the new Head hoods in the lab facilities of Fort Portal of Delegation of the ICRC following the In 2011, some 4,500 prisoners across and Gulu prisons as well as in the side lab end of mission of Claire Meytraud, who three prison facilities got to know of their of Murchison Bay Hospital. Moreover, the had been working in that capacity. It is HIV status after voluntary testing and ICRC improved upon and / or expanded the not Riccardo’s rst time in Africa as he has counselling activities conducted by the health facilities of the three pilot prisons, as lived and worked severally across all of prison’s health sta and the partners of well as establishing new / expanding the the continent’s four regions and in several Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) such as the existing TB isolation sections and the one capacities. AIDS Information Centre in the three pilot at Murchison Bay Hospital, which allowed sites, North Uganda Malaria, AIDS and TB for the adequate separation of sick patients Riccardo, who hails from Switzerland, Consortium (NUMAT) in Gulu Central Prison from their fellow inmates. The ICRC equally is an engineer by training. He obtained and Kataraka Health Centre in Fort Portal provided permanent power supply in the a Bachelor’s degree in Mining Geology Prison. This followed the introduction of health facilities in Gulu and Fort Portal Engineering after studying in Geneva, an ICRC-backed initiative in Fort Portal and prisons through the installation of solar Lausanne and Zurich. He completed his Gulu Central Prisons during which those panelling. The ICRC also improved the postgraduate degree in Gemmology at who were HIV-positive amongst them also water and sanitation facilities of the three the Gemmological Institute of America, received treatment from the existing health pilot prisons, as part of project preventive Santa Monica, California and subsequently service providers in the country. measures. had a chequered career in mining. ‘’All inmates at these three selected facilities Kamya, providing an overview of the He later joined the ICRC ‘s Engineering – Gulu, Fort Portal and Upper Prisons changes that the pilot project brought, Department in 1988 and undertook were bene ciaries and will continue to explains that ‘’…with the regular screening missions in Angola, Mozambique, Liberia, receive treatment and care under the of inmates for TB by the ICRC and UPS, Afghanistan, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, programme,’’ said Dr. Fatah Labib, the ICRC’s the rate of infection reduced for all those Kenya, Congo, Iraq, Sudan, Pakistan, East Health Programme Manager in Kampala. identi ed and captured by the screening Timor, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Kirgyzstan and Israel / He explained further that the prisons team.’’ Palestine. were chosen as pilots for the project, The voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) implemented by the UPS with the support is a regular activity in the pilot prisons with Riccardo will be bringing a wealth of of the ICRC, Ministry of Health and other the support of partners, which has ensured experience to his new posting in Uganda, health actors in the country, in order to screening of inmates for HIV at least once, i.e. having served in the following capacities: provide preventive and curative treatment the backlog of inmates with unknown HIV for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria, status has been almost cleared up. All HIV Head of Water and Habitat Department and Deputy Head of Health Division 1995 Following the outcome of a study which positive inmates receive Co-trimoxazole or revealed the need for the UPS to strengthen Dapson prophylaxis and those eligible get Head of Delegation, Monrovia, Liberia its capacity to provide healthcare standards Isoniazid preventive treatment, something 2007-2009 for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria on the same unique only in Uganda prisons for the treatment of latent Tuberculosis infection. Head of Delegation, Port-au-Prince, Haiti level as those available in the country, the 2009-2011 ICRC initiated a programme in three pilot With the ICRC donation of a CD4 cells prisons which has now become a functional count machine to the Central laboratory Head of Delegation, Kampala, Uganda as and cost eective model of improving HIV, of Murchison Bay Hospital and the support of January 2012. TB and Malaria prevention and care as of service providers in the country, all HIV positive inmates of the three pilot prisons A man of many parts, his hobbies include well as helping to minimise the risk of an playing golf, tennis and appreciating outbreak of diseases. are regularly monitored by lab and the eligible ones are enrolled on antiretroviral African art. Kamya, an inmate of Luzira Upper Prison treatment, far above the national threshold. provides a succinct background of the continued to page 2

ACTIVITY UPDATE 1 ICRC in Uganda PROTECTING THE CIVILIAN continued from page 1 Uganda Prison inmate speaks POPULATION AND RESTORING The ICRC promoted the Recording & Reporting system at the three pilot sites FAMILY LINKS by providing an electronic database on HIV, TB and malaria. In order to improve on the capacity of the health workers, 40 UPS health sta attended two residential training courses on HIV/AIDS management and palliative care and infection control funded by the ICRC, while health workers also received

Daniela Tane/ICRC on-the-job training from the ICRC for the management of HIV / AIDS, TB, Malaria, laboratory skills and Health Management Information System, including electronic database management. Dr. Nswemu Michael Kagwa, Deputy Director of Prisons (Health Services) Some of the refugees’ children in Oruchinga Refugee Settlement. says the workplace for health personnel in the prison system became safer The ICRC undertook several activities Results of this assessment showed that following the ICRC intervention. ‘’It has designed to guarantee protection for among the several refugee and migrant been a very good, timely cooperation vulnerable persons in the country. In communities living in Kampala, there which fully brought on board the the Karamoja region, all those who bear was a substantial desire on their part for Ministry of Health, UPS and the ICRC and weapons were often reminded of their re-establishing and maintaining links created a positive impact on the health obligation to respect and protect the with their families. The small number of of prisoners.’’ Thanks to the measures civilian population in accordance with unaccompanied/separated children in put in place, such as screening of all relevant national and international laws. In Kampala also felt this way. windows with mosquito mesh, Indoor South-Western Uganda, the steady in ux Volunteers as well as sta members of the Residual Spraying, sensitisation, early of Congolese refugees was constantly Ugandan Red Cross Society were trained detection and treatment of patients, the monitored in order to get relevant in four regions of the country, in order to rate of malaria incidence has decreased authorities and humanitarian agencies enable them respond adequately to the signicantly in the three pilot prisons, respond adequately to their needs needs of the refugee population in tracing almost 10 times less than the national whenever it became necessary. their families, particularly in the refugee average. Through the Red Cross Message (RCM) settlements in South-Western Uganda as The ICRC also assisted the three pilot service provided by the Uganda Red Cross well as in Kampala. prisons with medical supplies, hygiene Society (URCS) and supported by the ICRC, material and leisure items in order to ll persons separated by past or ongoing Detention the gap of stock outs and to improve the violence in neighbouring countries were The ICRC visited over 5,103 detainees, and wellbeing of prisoners. Underscoring the able to restore and / or maintain contact sustained a condential dialogue with positive comments that have been made with their relatives in Uganda and beyond. relevant authorities on the treatment and by many stakeholders concerning the A priority was the restoration of contact living conditions of these detainees. From signicant improvement in the health between children and their parents through June to December 2011, 148 detainees conditions of these prisoners, an inmate RCM’s and, where possible and appropriate, were newly registered, while 190 were who wrote on behalf of the others the reunication of families. monitored individually. said ‘’…we are hereby forwarding our Between June and December 2011, 1,453 Those visited by the ICRC included appreciation to the ICRC and Dr Fatah Red Cross Messages (RCM’s) were collected, persons held in 36 places of temporary or who is ever with us in Upper Prison. We while 1,010 RCM’s were distributed. permanent detention run by the Ministry really thank the organisation for the Working with the cooperation of Ugandan of Internal Aairs or the armed forces. human heart shown to us. The project authorities, and on an ad hoc basis, the Vulnerable detainees, including minors and indeed has boosted our standard of ICRC continued to issue travel documents foreign nationals, could keep in touch with living in terms of health.’’ (TD’s) to refugees for family reunications relatives via the RCM service. Detainees, The ve-year pilot project will be abroad. Twenty-one refugees, including 3 including foreigners, whose families had concluded by the middle of 2012. women and 11 children, were issued with not been informed of their arrest and /or Although originally planned to last for these TD’s to enable them resettle in third whereabouts, had their family members three years, the project was extended countries where they were reunited with notied by phone. Upon their request, for two more years after a conrmed their families. The ICRC also successfully 45 foreign detainees had their respective and notable progress in the quality of re-united two Congolese minors with their embassies as well as UNHCR (in the case services provided. As a testimony to its mother in Ethiopia. of refugees) notied of their detention. success, the UPS has already started Fourteen detainees, upon their release, were replicating some of the best practices of To ensure that Kampala’s urban refugees transported home at the expense of the the pilot project, such as entry medical and migrants (including women and ICRC. The ICRC complemented the eorts screening, TB mass screening and the children) had access to adequate family of the authorities by distributing blankets, mobilisation of existing health actors links’ services, the URCS and the ICRC mosquito netting, hygiene articles, buckets in support of some prisons around the launched a three-month project in May and leisure items to vulnerable detainees. country. to assess their needs with respect to this.

ACTIVITY UPDATE 2 ICRC in Uganda PROTECTING THE CIVILIAN continued from page 1 Thirty Years of Tracing and Re-Uniting Uganda Prison inmate speaks Jennifer Seninde, Tracing O cer, ICRC Those Separated by War and Violence Kampala Delegation shares her experience… POPULATION AND RESTORING The ICRC promoted the Recording & Reporting system at the three pilot sites ‘’In particular, as a tracing o cer, you FAMILY LINKS by providing an electronic database on felt good anytime you brought news HIV, TB and malaria. from a relative long considered dead In order to improve on the capacity of by family members. To me, seeing the the health workers, 40 UPS health sta attended two residential training courses faces of those family members light on HIV/AIDS management and palliative up with joy was very gratifying.’’ care and infection control funded by the ICRC, while health workers also received ‘Tracing’ is one of the main activities of the

Daniela Tane/ICRC on-the-job training from the ICRC for the International Committee of the Red Cross management of HIV / AIDS, TB, Malaria, (ICRC). Generally speaking, it is a term used laboratory skills and Health Management to refer to the process involved in seeking, Information System, including electronic locating and contacting a hitherto lost or database management. missing person—usually someone under the age of 18. That process is often kicked Dr. Nswemu Michael Kagwa, Deputy o by the receipt of a tracing request by Director of Prisons (Health Services) the ICRC, which when that person has been Some of the refugees’ children in Oruchinga Refugee Settlement. says the workplace for health personnel located, can result (if conditions permit), in in the prison system became safer taking the ultimate step of re-unifying— The ICRC undertook several activities Results of this assessment showed that following the ICRC intervention. ‘’It has Jennifer carrying out restoration of family links needs assessment on newly arrived and bringing her / him back to parents or designed to guarantee protection for among the several refugee and migrant been a very good, timely cooperation Congolese refugees in Oruchinga Refugee Settlement. relatives as the case may be. vulnerable persons in the country. In communities living in Kampala, there which fully brought on board the the Karamoja region, all those who bear was a substantial desire on their part for Ministry of Health, UPS and the ICRC and While many people may have either heard there were camps for internally displaced in Rwanda and the conict in the Democratic weapons were often reminded of their re-establishing and maintaining links created a positive impact on the health of this ICRC activity or beneted directly persons (IDP’s) spread all over the place. Republic of Congo (DRC). Personally, it was obligation to respect and protect the with their families. The small number of of prisoners.’’ Thanks to the measures or indirectly from it, there is a dedicated Our main activity was transmitting Red of more concern to me because we were civilian population in accordance with unaccompanied/separated children in put in place, such as screening of all group of personnel whose main occupation Cross Messages (RCM’s) between people in dealing mainly with children who had relevant national and international laws. In Kampala also felt this way. windows with mosquito mesh, Indoor is undertaking this task. They go the extra the camps and their relatives in Kampala. experienced great trauma. It was quite South-Western Uganda, the steady in ux kilometre in ensuring that missing persons painful too in the sense that to begin the Volunteers as well as sta members of the Residual Spraying, sensitisation, early While that activity may oftentimes have of Congolese refugees was constantly who may have been forced to ee because process, you needed to get information Ugandan Red Cross Society were trained detection and treatment of patients, the been mechanical as a result of the regularity monitored in order to get relevant of armed conict or other situations of from the kids and in order to tell you who in four regions of the country, in order to rate of malaria incidence has decreased with which it was undertaken and the fact authorities and humanitarian agencies violence are sought, located and brought he or she was or where they came from, enable them respond adequately to the signicantly in the three pilot prisons, that you could see the displaced persons respond adequately to their needs back to their loved ones. What are their you invariably had to take the child back needs of the refugee population in tracing almost 10 times less than the national all around you, the very act of actually whenever it became necessary. personal experiences in the pursuit of to his or her experiences, resulting in them their families, particularly in the refugee average. transmitting news from person ‘A’ to this undertaking? Jennifer Seninde, an breaking down emotionally. Through the Red Cross Message (RCM) settlements in South-Western Uganda as The ICRC also assisted the three pilot person ‘B’ brought up one’s emotions and ICRC Kampala sta who has been with the service provided by the Uganda Red Cross well as in Kampala. prisons with medical supplies, hygiene conrmed to you that the issues being dealt The experiences in the course of doing organisation for close to thirty years, allows Society (URCS) and supported by the ICRC, material and leisure items in order to ll with were factual and real! this job are generally mixed but what is Detention us take a peek into her life as a tracing persons separated by past or ongoing the gap of stock outs and to improve the constant is that it is emotional all the way— The ICRC visited over 5,103 detainees, and ocer… In particular, as a tracing ocer, you felt violence in neighbouring countries were wellbeing of prisoners. Underscoring the when you nd them, locate their relatives sustained a condential dialogue with good anytime you brought news from a able to restore and / or maintain contact positive comments that have been made ‘’I started working for the ICRC in November and take them back! Sometimes after relevant authorities on the treatment and relative long considered dead by family with their relatives in Uganda and beyond. by many stakeholders concerning the 1983 and have always been in tracing. completing all the necessary formalities, living conditions of these detainees. From members. To me, seeing the faces of those A priority was the restoration of contact signicant improvement in the health Indeed, this has been my rst and only job the child refuses to go back home due June to December 2011, 148 detainees family members light up with joy was very between children and their parents through conditions of these prisoners, an inmate and I recall that when I was hired, I was to fear of what could befall him or her on were newly registered, while 190 were gratifying. RCM’s and, where possible and appropriate, who wrote on behalf of the others somewhat initially confused, wondering returning there. They may be reluctant monitored individually. the reunication of families. said ‘’…we are hereby forwarding our what would be required of me. I had joined I often worked to prepare grounds for a to go back also because they now had Between June and December 2011, 1,453 Those visited by the ICRC included appreciation to the ICRC and Dr Fatah the organisation at the time of the so-called family reunication and recall those we very good foster care and dread having to Red Cross Messages (RCM’s) were collected, persons held in 36 places of temporary or who is ever with us in Upper Prison. We ‘’Luwero triangle,’’ and during this time, undertook in the aftermath of the genocide return to a life not as comfortable as they while 1,010 RCM’s were distributed. permanent detention run by the Ministry really thank the organisation for the now enjoyed. On the other hand, when a Working with the cooperation of Ugandan of Internal Aairs or the armed forces. human heart shown to us. The project child who had been previously told that authorities, and on an ad hoc basis, the Vulnerable detainees, including minors and indeed has boosted our standard of his or her parents were dead is now told ICRC continued to issue travel documents foreign nationals, could keep in touch with living in terms of health.’’ the truth (that those parents are actually (TD’s) to refugees for family reunications relatives via the RCM service. Detainees, The ve-year pilot project will be alive) he or she assails you with requests to including foreigners, whose families had urgently take them back home! Splitting a abroad. Twenty-one refugees, including 3 concluded by the middle of 2012. Kie/ICRCMike women and 11 children, were issued with not been informed of their arrest and /or Although originally planned to last for unit of bonded children can be extremely these TD’s to enable them resettle in third whereabouts, had their family members three years, the project was extended emotional too as all of them may not be countries where they were reunited with notied by phone. Upon their request, for two more years after a conrmed repatriated at the same time and this causes their families. The ICRC also successfully 45 foreign detainees had their respective and notable progress in the quality of those being ‘left behind’ to question you… re-united two Congolese minors with their embassies as well as UNHCR (in the case services provided. As a testimony to its You might get a question like ‘’why did mother in Ethiopia. of refugees) notied of their detention. success, the UPS has already started you nd their parents and not mine, after Fourteen detainees, upon their release, were replicating some of the best practices of all we’re from the same village? In such To ensure that Kampala’s urban refugees transported home at the expense of the the pilot project, such as entry medical situation, you had to fall back on your wits and migrants (including women and ICRC. The ICRC complemented the eorts screening, TB mass screening and the end to explain in as factual, reasonable and children) had access to adequate family of the authorities by distributing blankets, mobilisation of existing health actors emotionally responsive way as you possibly links’ services, the URCS and the ICRC mosquito netting, hygiene articles, buckets in support of some prisons around the can. It has been quite fullling for me doing launched a three-month project in May Congolese twins in Kampala getting ready to be reunited with their family in Adiss and leisure items to vulnerable detainees. country. this though and I will do it again if I had the to assess their needs with respect to this. Ababa same opportunity!

ACTIVITY UPDATE 2 ICRC in Uganda ACTIVITY UPDATE 3 ICRC in Uganda People queing for water at the newly drilled borehole in water stressed Meriwala Village in Kotido District. PROVIDING WATER AND IMPROVING SANITATION diarrhea. Following an outbreak of Hepatitis E in Kaabong district in the Karamoja region, the ICRC and URCS undertook to rehabilitate 10 boreholes in order to improve access

d Kakande/ICRC to safe water for about 4670 residents in the aected villages. Using participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST) tools, the water user committees of the rehabilitated boreholes were trained to improve operation, management and cleanliness of the water sources. In order to improve awareness on personal and communal hygiene, pupils in 4 schools The ICRC/URCS supported the construction of a 5 Stance latrine at Rupa Primary in the area were properly sensitised to good School in Moroto District. sanitation habits and organised into health clubs. Following this sensitization, they have In Karamoja, the ICRC provided technical, two districts. Over 11000 of residents who since been going round the surrounding nancial and material support to the were targeted through hygiene promotion communities to promote the virtues of Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) to enable sessions gained an improved awareness of good hygiene through the staging of plays it meet the water and sanitation needs of hygiene and sanitation practices linked to and in songs. 900 families across 36 villages of Kotido and water borne diseases such as cholera and Moroto districts. Two refresher courses were organised for 18 local pump mechanics in both districts as a result of which these mechanics were subsequently able to repair 26 broken boreholes. Additionally, 12 new boreholes were drilled for the bene t of the various communities by contractors ICRC Kampala commissioned by the ICRC. Alongside the construction of water facilities, ‘water user committees’ were formed and trained on the operation and maintenance of these facilities. The sanitation coverage in the 36 villages was increased from 0% to 4% through hygiene promotion sessions, construction of 548 household latrines and construction of four blocks of ve stance latrines in the Repair of boreholes in Kotido District by URCS/ICRC trained local hand pump mechanics.

ACTIVITY UPDATE 4 ICRC in Uganda ICRC / UPDF SUSTAIN IHL INTEGRATION EFFORT …While Faculty Roundtable seeks better ways of promoting IHL Teaching in Ugandan Universities In ful lment of the Memorandum of tTPMEJFSTQBSUJDJQBUFEJOBPOFEBZ Understanding signed between the basic IHL presentation by the ICRC, Ministry of Defence / Uganda People’s supported by trained UPDF instructors. Defence Forces (UPDF) and the ICRC in t5XPUSBJOJOHTFTTJPOTXFSFBMTP April 2010, the ICRC sustained its provision conducted for 54 members of the UPDF’s

of International Humanitarian Law— Kakande/ICRC Fred Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence. IHL—Training (also known in military circles as the Laws of Armed Conict— t"NFFUJOHUPVOEFSUBLFNJEUFSNSFWJFX LOAC—to various UPDF formations and of the subsisting Memorandum of IHL Instructors throughout the period. The Understanding (MoU) was held with the training sessions undertaken include: UPDF’s Chief of Operations and Training. A ‘training-of-trainers’ (ToT) course in t5IF*$3$BMTPIFMEJUTöSTUNFFUJOHXJUI International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for the UPDF’s IHL Integration Team, whose UPDF Instructors held between 10th-22nd task is to review all the IHL Teaching October 2011 at the Junior Sta College Manuals of the UPDF, with the technical People queing for water at the newly drilled borehole in water stressed Meriwala Village in Kotido District. in Jinja and attended by 30 ocers. The support of the ICRC. ToT comprised of lectures, discussions, case studies, syndicate presentations on Consistent with the Chief of Defence selected topics from the New Law of Armed Forces’ (CDF) directive to the UPDF to PROVIDING WATER AND IMPROVING SANITATION Conict Teaching File as well as tests. These ensure dissemination of IHL at all levels diarrhea. tests enabled the participants comprehend / units through programmes of military the principles and concepts of IHL. instruction, and in consonance with its Following an outbreak of Hepatitis E in support for IHL training, the ICRC provided Police Ocers in Jinja attending one of the Kaabong district in the Karamoja region, the Between Oct 26 - Nov 4 2011, various IHL instruction for 35 ocers of the UPDF. sessions on Human Rights conducted by the ICRC. ICRC and URCS undertook to rehabilitate training activities on IHL were also They are elements of the force’s 5thDivision, Response Unit (RRU) in Kampala, between 10 boreholes in order to improve access undertaken for the UPDF and its ocers and and the course held in Lira town between 9th to 10th November 2011 to improve d Kakande/ICRC to safe water for about 4670 residents in troops deploying for the African Mission in 6th to 8th December 2011. The training was their knowledge of this law and enhance the aected villages. Using participatory Somalia (AMISOM) as follows: designed to improve the teaching skills of their capacity to observe its tenets in the Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation new Instructors in the force. tQBSUJDJQBOUT JODMVEJOHPóDFSTBOE (PHAST) tools, the water user committees course of their law enforcement work.. reservists - the and Ugandan Battle Group As its contribution towards enhancing of the rehabilitated boreholes were trained t-PDBM%FGFODF6OJU -%6 QFSTPOOFM (UGABAG 9) took part in a two day ICRC / the knowledge of security forces on to improve operation, management and also attended a two day session on IHRL IHL training package. international human rights law, the ICRC cleanliness of the water sources. in Mbarara trained a group of 35 ocers from the Rapid In order to improve awareness on personal and communal hygiene, pupils in 4 schools The ICRC/URCS supported the construction of a 5 Stance latrine at Rupa Primary in the area were properly sensitised to good School in Moroto District. sanitation habits and organised into health clubs. Following this sensitization, they have In Karamoja, the ICRC provided technical, two districts. Over 11000 of residents who since been going round the surrounding nancial and material support to the were targeted through hygiene promotion communities to promote the virtues of Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) to enable sessions gained an improved awareness of good hygiene through the staging of plays it meet the water and sanitation needs of hygiene and sanitation practices linked to and in songs. Kakande/ICRC Fred 900 families across 36 villages of Kotido and water borne diseases such as cholera and Moroto districts. Two refresher courses were organised for 18 local pump mechanics in both districts as a result of which these mechanics were subsequently able to repair 26 broken boreholes. Additionally, 12 new boreholes were drilled for the bene t of the various communities by contractors ICRC Kampala commissioned by the ICRC. Alongside the construction of water facilities, ‘water user committees’ were formed and trained on the operation and maintenance of these facilities. The sanitation coverage in the 36 villages was increased from 0% to 4% through hygiene promotion sessions, construction of 548 household latrines and construction of four blocks of ve stance latrines in the Repair of boreholes in Kotido District by URCS/ICRC trained local hand pump mechanics. UPDF Ocers at CMI Headquarters in attending one of the sessions on IHL conducted by the ICRC.

ACTIVITY UPDATE 4 ICRC in Uganda ACTIVITY UPDATE 5 ICRC in Uganda ICRC supports 3rd National Moot Court Competition on IHL The ICRC supported the Uganda Law (UCU), Nkumba University, for the high level of deliberations by the Students Society (ULSSO) in conducting University and IUIU Female Campus teams. Dr Mpeza added «I was impressed the third National Moot Court Competition Kampala. Uganda Christian University by the students’ high level of knowledge of on International Humanitarian Law (IHL). emerged the winner and represented understanding of IHL.’’ The competition is an The competition was hosted by the Islamic Uganda at the 11th International Moot annual event designed to generate interest University in Uganda – IUIU - from October Court Competition on IHL in Arusha. While in IHL as well as broaden the knowledge of 20 – 21, 2011. The event attracted ve commenting on the proceedings of the students on the subject. Universities, which teach IHL, including IUIU competition, Dr Mpezamihigo Mouhamad, Mbale Campus, Uganda Christian University the Vice Rector of IUIU, thanked the students Fred Kakande/ICRC Kakande/ICRC Fred Kakande/ICRC Fred

One of the defence teams during a series of the rounds at the One of the prosecution teams during a series of the rounds at the Moot Court Competition at IUIU – Mbale supported by the ICRC. Moot Court Competition at IUIU – Mbale supported by the ICRC. Fred Kakande/ICRC Kakande/ICRC Fred Kakande/ICRC Fred

The winning team (UCU) of the Moot Court Competition with A panel of Judges presiding over the 3rd IHL National Moot their coach. UCU represented Uganda at the International Court Competition at IUIU – Mbale supported by the ICRC. Moot Court on IHL in Arusha – Tanzania sponsored by the ICRC. ICRC Holds Faculty Roundtable on the teaching of International Humanitarian Law The ICRC held a Faculty Roundtable for focus was on IHL and the changing nature of them who bene t from ICRC-sponsored university lecturers engaged in the teaching of armed conicts, while the lecturers gave overseas trainings to share their knowledge of International Humanitarian Law in their views on the prospects and challenges with colleagues at home. The event was Uganda. The aim of the roundtable session, of IHL teaching in the universities (which is well attended and featured the following which was held on 29th November 2011, often taught as an optional subject in most universities and research institutions: was to further deepen their knowledge of the universities). Uganda Christian University, Mukono; of the course and focus on current issues Kampala International University, the Law The lecturers further made suggestions as relating to the subject. Umesh Kadam, Development Centre; Uganda Martyrs on how the teaching of IHL can be advanced the ICRC’s Regional Legal Adviser based University, Nkozi; Nkumba University and in the country as well as the need for those in Nairobi gave a keynote address whose the Islamic University in Uganda.

ACTIVITY UPDATE 6 ICRC in Uganda Mike Ki e/ICRC Mike ICRC supports 3rd National Moot Court Competition on IHL The ICRC supported the Uganda Law (UCU), Nkumba University, Makerere for the high level of deliberations by the Students Society (ULSSO) in conducting University and IUIU Female Campus teams. Dr Mpeza added «I was impressed the third National Moot Court Competition Kampala. Uganda Christian University by the students’ high level of knowledge of on International Humanitarian Law (IHL). emerged the winner and represented understanding of IHL.’’ The competition is an The competition was hosted by the Islamic Uganda at the 11th International Moot annual event designed to generate interest University in Uganda – IUIU - from October Court Competition on IHL in Arusha. While in IHL as well as broaden the knowledge of 20 – 21, 2011. The event attracted ve commenting on the proceedings of the students on the subject. Universities, which teach IHL, including IUIU competition, Dr Mpezamihigo Mouhamad, Mbale Campus, Uganda Christian University the Vice Rector of IUIU, thanked the students Fred Kakande/ICRC Kakande/ICRC Fred Kakande/ICRC Fred

One of the defence teams during a series of the rounds at the One of the prosecution teams during a series of the rounds at the Moot Court Competition at IUIU – Mbale supported by the ICRC. Moot Court Competition at IUIU – Mbale supported by the ICRC.

ICRC/URCS Joint eld monitoring of dissemination activities in Kotido, Karamoja region.

Fred Kakande/ICRC Kakande/ICRC Fred Kakande/ICRC Fred URCS-ICRC RELATIONSHIP: AN ENDURING PARTNERSHIP In January, the ICRC and the Uganda Responding to Armed Conict and Other With the support of the ICRC, the capacity Red Cross Society (URCS) signed a new Situations of Violence». The URCS also of the URCS to respond to the needs of Partnership Framework Agreement that chaired the workshop on ‘’Children Aected victims of landslides, res, and oods in clari ed the cope of cooperation between by Armed Conict’’ at the event and the eastern region (and in other areas of them and spells out their respective received an award on volunteering. the country) was boosted and this made obligations until 2014. In the spirit of that it possible to provide them with non-food During the post election protests, URCS agreement, the ICRC provided technical, items. Furthermore, during the outbreak The winning team (UCU) of the Moot Court Competition with volunteers tended more than 945 people nancial, material and logistical support of Hepatitis in the Karamoja region, the A panel of Judges presiding over the 3rd IHL National Moot their coach. UCU represented Uganda at the International using ICRC-supplied rst-aid kits. They to enable the URCS build its capacity to ICRC assisted the URCS in rehabilitating 10 Court Competition at IUIU – Mbale supported by the ICRC. Moot Court on IHL in Arusha – Tanzania sponsored by the ICRC. also provided pre-hospital care to almost respond eectively to emergencies as boreholes as well in the training of ‘water 200 persons who suered more serious well as to provide localised assistance to user committees.’ injuries. More than 600 of these volunteers returnees. It also strengthened its Tracing had developed these rst-aid skills during Meanwhile, the ICRC contributed funds ICRC Holds Faculty Roundtable on the teaching of services, promoted the International Red various ICRC-organised emergency to enable the URCS meet its nancial Cross and Red Crescent Movement and response training sessions that were held obligations to its personnel and oer International Humanitarian Law International Humanitarian Law (IHL), as ahead of the elections. These sessions were incentives to improve on performance. It well as forti ed its management structure. The ICRC held a Faculty Roundtable for focus was on IHL and the changing nature of them who bene t from ICRC-sponsored run by URCS sta, who had perfected their also supplied some URCS regional oces university lecturers engaged in the teaching of armed conicts, while the lecturers gave overseas trainings to share their knowledge In addition, the URCS attended the two teaching skills during an ICRC-run ‘train- with computers and oce furniture to of International Humanitarian Law in their views on the prospects and challenges with colleagues at home. The event was major global Red Cross and Red Crescent the-trainers’ course. In addition to this, the enhance their eciency. In May, July, Uganda. The aim of the roundtable session, of IHL teaching in the universities (which is well attended and featured the following events, these being the 31st International brie ng sessions on International Human and October, the URCS hosted special which was held on 29th November 2011, often taught as an optional subject in most universities and research institutions: Conference and a meeting of the Council Rights Law (IHRL) that had been previously Movement coordination meetings to was to further deepen their knowledge of the universities). Uganda Christian University, Mukono; of Delegates. During the former, the URCS organised for police commanders in high- discuss projects in Karamoja and attended of the course and focus on current issues Kampala International University, the Law The lecturers further made suggestions as co-sponsored the Health Care in Danger risk areas, did help to ease access for the monthly meetings with Movement partners, relating to the subject. Umesh Kadam, Development Centre; Uganda Martyrs on how the teaching of IHL can be advanced resolution, and at the Council of Delegates, volunteers to assist those aected during working with them to coordinate activities the ICRC’s Regional Legal Adviser based University, Nkozi; Nkumba University and in the country as well as the need for those it equally co-sponsored a resolution on the protests. with other humanitarian organizations. in Nairobi gave a keynote address whose the Islamic University in Uganda. «National Societies Preparing for and

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An ICRC Protection Delegate attentively listens Congolese twins that were reunited with their parents Participants at an ICRC organised workshop for to one of the inmates in Luzira Upper Prison. by the ICRC in Addis Ababa. the Regional Islamic Coordinators in Kampala – Uganda. Mike Ki e/ICRC Mike Fred Kakande/ICRC Kakande/ICRC Fred Kakande/ICRC Fred

Regional and District Police commanders in ICRC conducting IHL session to AMISOM during A group photo of the wining team (UCU) together Karamoja Region attending a two-day training the pre-deployment training at Singo Training with Judges and Organisers of the IHL moot Court on Human Rights and professional policing in School. Competition at IUIU – Mbale supported by the Moroto conducted by the ICRC. ICRC. Mike Ki e/ICRC Mike Solenne.C/ICRC Mike Ki e/ICRC Mike

Repair of boreholes in Kotido District by URCS/ An amputee coming out of the Orthopaedic URCS participants in the training of regional and ICRC trained local hand pump mechanics. workshop in Mbale after receiving his arti cial leg. district police commanders in Karamoja Region.

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