Abstract
In 2006 Uganda passed new domestic legislation relating to refugees, replacing the antiquated Control of Alien Refugees Act of 1964. The Refugees Act 2006, which represents a significant improvement on its predecessor, entered into force in 2008 and regulations to operationalize it were passed in 2010. This article describes the Act's rights framework and the process of refugee status determination under it, and analyses those rights guaranteed by the Act to recognized refugees that fall below regional and international benchmarks. It argues that the guarantees regarding freedom of movement and residence, freedom of association and expression, and the right to work are insufficient when measured against the standards guaranteed by regional and international refugee and human rights instruments to which Uganda has acceded.
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