The Ugandan Transfer of Convicted Offenders Act, 2012: A commentary

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dc.contributor.authorMujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-01T07:58:35Z
dc.date.available2016-08-01T07:58:35Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractLike many countries, Uganda is home to foreign nationals. The presence of foreign nationals in the prison of a country raises questions regarding their treatment. Countries are increasingly enacting legislation, ratifying or acceding to treaties, or signing agreements governing the transfer of such offenders to serve the last part of their sentences in their countries of nationality, citizenship or domicile. On 17 May 2012, the Ugandan Parliament passed the Transfer of Convicted Offenders Bill, 2007 into law. The Transfer of Convicted Offenders Act was assented to by the President of Uganda on 27 July 2012 and, once it comes into force, will regulate the transfer of convicted offenders between Uganda and other countries. The purpose of the article is to highlight the debates surrounding some provisions of the Bill, including the purpose of the Act; human rights issues, consent of offenders to transfer; the costs of the transfer; and pardon and amnesty.en_US
dc.description.accreditationInternational Bibliography of the Social Sciences
dc.identifier.citationMujuzi, J.D. (2012). The Ugandan Transfer of Convicted Offenders Act, 2012 : A commentary. African Human Rights Law Journal, 12(2): 599-622en_US
dc.identifier.issn1996-2096
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2365
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherPretoria University Law Press (PULP)en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
dc.source.urihttp://ref.scielo.org/qvy66f
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.subjectOffendersen_US
dc.subjectTransfer of prisonersen_US
dc.subjectForeign nationalsen_US
dc.subjectConvicted offendersen_US
dc.subjectTransfer of Convicted Offendersen_US
dc.titleThe Ugandan Transfer of Convicted Offenders Act, 2012: A commentaryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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