DHRLab Blog

March 6, 2023

#CyberCamp2023: Building on Encrypt Uganda’s Continued Commitment towards Promoting Children’s Safety Online in Uganda

In today's digital age, children are spending more time online, which has resulted in an increase in cyber threats such as online sexual harassment, child pornography, doxxing, and cyber-bullying, among others. In Uganda, the situation is no different. With the revised lower sec…

Jan. 24, 2023

Should digital sovereignty be a topic of concern to digital human rights defenders?

During the 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) last year, digital sovereignty turned out to be the subject of some of the most heated deba…

Sept. 30, 2022

Misuse, Abuse, and Re-Use: The Effects of the Computer Misuse Act Amendments on LGBTQ Persons in Uganda

This amended law is worrying because, in between the lines, it assumes that all speech on social media platforms is somehow meant to be fla…

Aug. 31, 2022

Resource Mobilization in the Digital Age: Highlights from the Defenders Meet.

This month, we hosted another defender's networking, linking, and learning event under the theme: Unplugged but till Connected bringing tog…

Aug. 3, 2022

Fact Checking as an Advocacy Tool For Journalists

The Debunk Show team is establishing Uganda's first fact-checking organization. So much to look forward to, experience, and learn. During t…

Feb. 21, 2022

Embracing ICT as a Tool for Economic Prosperity – Where does Uganda stand?

The COVID-19 pandemic brought about mass adoption of ICT tools and platforms across various sectors of society; from education, health, com…

Aug. 10, 2021

Community Organizing & Mobilization in the Covid-19 Pandemic

Community organizing in recent times has been greatly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is because the disease spreads through the ga…

July 1, 2021

Access to Information is a Fundamental Right

Have you ever imagined waking up to a world without Televisions, no radio stations relaying news and information and no newspapers on the s…

Feb. 19, 2021

ICT4Advocacy CoP meets to strategize for 2021

Representatives from different organizations met for a networking event on the weekend of Saturday 6th, February 2021 in Soroti City. The a…

Feb. 2, 2021

Are you familiar with the protection of your personal data?

On January 28th we celebrated Data Privacy Day - the day when the world comes together to promote awareness about privacy, data protection …

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Dec. 21, 2020

List of Emergency Contacts for HRDs

The Digital Human Rights Lab is cognizant of the vital work that human rights defenders do in Uganda on a daily basis. At some point in the…

Oct. 7, 2020

#ChildrenSafetyOnlineUG Advocacy Work Highlights

The #ChildSafetyOnlineUG Advocacy Campaign was organized by Encrypt Uganda, a non-profit organization that was founded to provide protectiv…

Oct. 5, 2020

ICT4Advocacy Online Campaigning Training Session

The ICT4Advocacy Working Group conducted a Training Session on how to conduct successful online advocacy campaigns.

Aug. 11, 2020

Podcast #2 Defending Human Rights in the Digital Age

In the second episode of Human Rights and the Digital Podcast, Charity Mugasha and Phillip Ayazika, together with their guest Brian Geoffre…

May 4, 2020

Current ICT approaches to enhance Access to Justice

To enhance Access to Justice in Uganda, the use of ICT has been adopted by the government. But even before the formal adoption of ICT in Co…

April 22, 2020

Tracking Human Rights Violations during COVID19

The Covid19 pandemic has affected Uganda in as much as it has affected many parts of the world. Specifically, in Africa, governments are ta…

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