Militarisation, sustainable growth and peace in Uganda
THE PROJECT IS CLOSED
Project period: 2019-2024
Principal Investigator (PI): Ole Wæver
This project on militarisation, sustainable growth and peace in Uganda will examine the concept of militarisation in Uganda and its implications for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions.
The rationale behind this project is to explore the current trend of militarisation in Uganda with a threefold aim: First, to better understand the militarisation phenomenon in Uganda and to analyse its scope and consequences; second, to contribute to theoretical conceptualisations of militarisation and militarism; and third, to increase the dialogue and awareness among private and public stakeholders in Uganda about how democratic accountability, protection of rights and state-building can be strengthened in an era of militarisation.
The project comprises four themes, which are organised in four work packages: Theme 1 on militarisation and development, Theme 2 on militarisation, institutions and human rights, underlying Theme A on the Ugandan military, its identity and practices, and overarching Theme B on regionalism.
The project is a collaboration between the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) and the Centre for Resolution of International Conflicts (CRIC) at the University of Copenhagen and will run for four years. It will be conducted through an innovative multidisciplinary combination of methodologies, drawing on law, political science and sociology, and will be approached from a militarisation-versus-militarism perspective. The project aims to work closely with key public-sector institutions and encourage a participatory and collaborative approach with major stakeholders, including the military, police, parliament and judiciary. It will be implemented through field activities, multi-stakeholder seminars and research seminars, academic publications and disseminations, among other activities.
For more information, please contact Sylvie Namwase at HURIPEC or Ole Wæver at CRIC.
Apuuli, K. P. (2023). Reflecting on the recent civil-military relations in Uganda. East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights, 29(1), 1–32.
Christopher Mbazira (2023). Parliamentary Oversight in an Age of Militarisation: The Case of Legislative Authority under the National Resistance Movement in Uganda. In S. Namwase, R. Naluwairo, Z. Nampewo & Ole Waever (eds.), Militarising more to Develop Faster? Uganda’s Difficult Questions on Human Rights, Governance and Economy. African Studies Bookstore, Kampala.
Denman, S. D. (2023). The political subject of militarization: ideology, order and the security apparatus in Museveni’s Uganda. In S. Namwase, R. Naluwairo, Z. Nampewo & Ole Waever (eds.), Militarising more to Develop Faster? Uganda’s Difficult Questions on Human Rights, Governance and Economy. African Studies Bookstore, Kampala.
Jackson Odong (2023). The Dynamics of Working with Soldiers in Wildlife Conservation. In S. Namwase, R. Naluwairo, Z. Nampewo & Ole Waever (eds.), Militarising more to Develop Faster? Uganda’s Difficult Questions on Human Rights, Governance and Economy. African Studies Bookstore, Kampala.
James Nkuubi (2023). Between Resilience and Vulnerability: Gender and Age in ‘Little Peoples’ Coping Mechanisms to State-led Militarisation in Uganda. In S. Namwase, R. Naluwairo, Z. Nampewo & Ole Waever (eds.), Militarising more to Develop Faster? Uganda’s Difficult Questions on Human Rights, Governance and Economy. African Studies Bookstore, Kampala.
Kakande, A., & Tumusiime, A. (2023). On art, militarism and the defence of rule of law and human rights in Uganda. East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights, 29(1), 82–112.
Kaalund, M. (2023). Historicizing Uganda’s regional military interventions: Structuring a region of warfare. East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights, 29(1), 113–142.
Kaalund, M., & Hisham, A. (2022, July 6–9). The military’s multiple opposites: Knowledge production and resistance to the 2021 coup in Sudan [Conference presentation]. 9th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), European International Studies Association (EISA), Thessaloniki, Greece.
Mbazira, C. (2023). Shaping judicial remedies in a militarised democracy: The potential and limits of public interest litigation in Uganda. East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights, 29(1), 143–166.
Naluwairo, R. (2023). Public interest litigation as a tool for challenging militarization: Reflections on Male H Mabirizi Kiwanuka v. Attorney General. East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights, 29(1), 201–209.
Nampewo, Z. (2023). Big capital, the military and land rights in Uganda. East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights, 29(1), 33–58.
Namwase, R. Naluwairo, Z. Nampewo & Ole Waever (eds.) (2023). Militarising more to Develop Faster? Uganda’s Difficult Questions on Human Rights, Governance and Economy. African Studies Bookstore, Kampala.
Namwase, S. (2023). Militarised patriarchal violence during the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda: A feminist critique. East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights, 29(1), 167–200.
Namwase, S., & Nkuubi, J. (Eds.). (2022). Guns, bread and butter: Militarization of economic sectors and public institutions in Uganda: A socio-legal analysis. Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC), School of Law, Makerere University.
Ngabirano, D. (2023). Military courts are not for civilians: Implications of the decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Communication 339/2007. East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights, 29(1), 210–220.
Nkuubi, J. (2023). Of organized ‘demonology’ against public service institutions and the ‘construction’ of citizen consent to their militarization in contemporary Uganda. East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights, 29(1), 221–243.
Oloka-Onyango (2023). Beyond Militarisation? Critical Reflections on Uganda’s Recurring Conundrum. In S. Namwase, R. Naluwairo, Z. Nampewo & Ole Waever (eds.), Militarising more to Develop Faster? Uganda’s Difficult Questions on Human Rights, Governance and Economy. African Studies Bookstore, Kampala.
Oloka-Onyango, J. (2023). What have guns got to do with it?: Deconstructing the politics of militarisation and gendered exclusion in contemporary Uganda. East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights, 29(1), 59–81.
Ronald Naluwairo (2023). Police Militarisation in Uganda. In S. Namwase, R. Naluwairo, Z. Nampewo & Ole Waever (eds.), Militarising more to Develop Faster? Uganda’s Difficult Questions on Human Rights, Governance and Economy. African Studies Bookstore, Kampala.
S Namwase ‘Securing legal reforms to the use of force in the context of police militarisation in Uganda: The role of public interest litigation and structural interdict’ (2021) 21 African Human Rights Law Journal 1203-1229
SPECIAL ISSUE ON MILITARIZATION, GOVERNANCE AND PEACE IN UGANDA: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES. Volume 29, Number 1. June 2023
Sylvie Namwase (2023). Militarising Agriculture in Uganda: Interrogating Stakeholder Participation under Operation Wealth Creation (OWC). In S. Namwase, R. Naluwairo, Z. Nampewo & Ole Waever (eds.), Militarising more to Develop Faster? Uganda’s Difficult Questions on Human Rights, Governance and Economy. African Studies Bookstore, Kampala.
Zahara Nampewo (2023). Blue Gold and Guns on the Water: “Small Peoples” Fishing Rights and the Military in Uganda. In S. Namwase, R. Naluwairo, Z. Nampewo & Ole Waever (eds.), Militarising more to Develop Faster? Uganda’s Difficult Questions on Human Rights, Governance and Economy. African Studies Bookstore, Kampala.
Contact
Sylvie Namwase
Human Rights and Peace Centre
Mail: sylvie.namwase@ifs.ku.dk
Ole Wæver
Centre for Resolution of International Conflicts
Mail: ow@ifs.ku.dk
Start date: 1 May, 2019
End date: 31 March, 2024
Countries: Uganda
Thematic areas: Conflict, Peace and security, State building, Government and Civil Society
Project coordinator: Ole Wæver
Total grant: 11,995,399 DKK