UGANDA

ABDUCTED AND ABUSED:

Renewed Conflict in Northern Uganda

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I. SUMMARY

II. RECOMMENDATIONS

To the Lord's Resistance Army:
To the Government of Uganda:
To Ugandan Legal Institutions Including the Police, the Judiciary, and the Uganda Human Rights Commission
To the U.N. Secretary-General:
To Donor Countries:
To the Canadian Government:
To the African Union and the African Commission on Human and People's Rights:

III. BACKGROUND

IV. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY THE LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY

Abduction and Abuses Against Abductees

Brutality
Life in Captivity
Training and Battle
Slaves, "Wives," and Mothers: The Experience of Girls
Escape/Release
The Future

Attacks on Schools
LRA Abuses of Internally Displaced Persons: Attacks on IDP Camps and Food Convoys
LRA Attacks on Food Convoys and Malnutrition of IDPs
LRA Abuses in Sudan and Sudanese Refugee Camps in Uganda
LRA Attacks on Sudanese Refugee Camps in Uganda

V. HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY UGANDAN GOVERNMENT FORCES

Extrajudicial Execution and Torture by UPDF Forces

Storming the Gulu Prison
Torture and Ill-Treatment by the UPDF
Rape and Sexual Abuse by the UPDF
Abuses by Government-Related Paramilitary Organs

Arrests of Alleged Rebel Collaborators

Treason and Terrorist Charges
Treason Charges Against Children

Recruitment of Former LRA Child Soldiers into the UPDF

Recruitment of Children into Local Defence Units and Their Use by the UPDF

Forced Displacement of Civilians for Reasons Connected with the Conflict

Reasons for Displacement: "Imperative Military Reasons" or "Security of Civilians"
Duty to Receive Displaced Civilians under Satisfactory Conditions

VI. INSECURITY AND THE EFFECTS ON THE CIVILIAN POPULATION

Night Commuters
"Survival Sex," Rape, Sexual Abuse, and HIV/AIDS
Education

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