During the eighth and ninth periodic reports of Uganda (CEDAW/C/UGA/8-9) at its 1858th and 1859th meetings (see CEDAW/C/SR.1858 and CEDAW/C/SR.1859), held on 11 February 2022, with reference to its general recommendation No. 33 (2015) on women’s access to justice, the Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Harmonize its justice system, including by:
(i) Adopting the law envisaged in article 129 (1) of the Constitution, for the establishment of Qadhi courts, in order to standardize procedures to ensure that all Qadhi and other customary court decisions that are contrary to the rights guaranteed under the Convention can be appealed effectively to the ordinary courts;
Against that background, IWILAP and Musawah implementing a post CEDAW project that aims at implementing the concluding observations for Uganda by the committee specifically advocating for the implementation of article 129 that will bring into existence of Qadhi courts.
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