Uganda
Increasing awareness of labour rights
Rules and regulation
Adequate earnings and productive work
Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
Safe work environment
Combining work, family and personal life
Decent Working Time
Work that should be abolished
Social dialogue, workers’ and employers’ representation

Business and Human Rights (Uganda)

Computer work

Awareness of human rights responsibilities of business is increased and human rights abuses connected to business activities in Uganda are reduced. 

Specific objective:

1. Support to the GoU’s NAP implementation: earmarked support for implementation of selected aspects of the plan by Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. These could include: 

  • a. Empowerment of communities 
  • b. Compliance with human rights obligations 
  • c. Free, Prior and Informed Consent 
  • d. Remedy Mechanisms


2. Support to increasing business sector awareness and engagement in the BHR agenda: support to a number of communities of practice or working groups of businesses in the following suggested areas: 

  • a. Labour rights (including decent work, combatting child labour etc) 
  • b. Natural resource governances and land (encompassing oil sector, mining sector, agribusinesses) 
  • c. Digital rights and internet governance


3. Support to civil society advocacy, dialogue and implementation of activities in support of the BHR agenda: through a suggested call for proposals or other competitive process to support a range of organisations and approaches, same sectors as above: 

  • a. Labour rights 
  • b. Natural resource governance and land 
  • c. Digital rights and internet governance 
  2. Business and Human Rights (Uganda)