By Shelby Logan On International Women's Day this Monday, gender justice activists worldwide were able to celebrate a long-awaited victory. In February, for the first time in history, the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted an individual for forced pregnancy as a
The ICC’s Ongwen Decision Is a Leap Forward in Accountability for Gender-Based Crimes
By Shelby Logan (March 9, 2021)On International Women's Day this Monday, gender justice activists worldwide were able to celebrate a long-awaited victory. In February, for the first time in history, the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted an individual for forced
The Impact of COVID-19 on Persons with Disabilities in Uganda
Ivan Mugabi (King Ceasor University), The Impact of COVID-19 on Persons with Disabilities in Uganda, SSRN:The age of the pandemic has seen a global imposition of lockdowns and obligatory social distancing rules by many of African countries. The paper
Experts help WFP after food aid outbreak
An expert group on tropane alkaloids that gathered after an outbreak traced to contaminated food aid in Uganda has published its findings.
In 2019, 315 people were ill and five died after eating “Super Cereal” provided by the World Food
Problems found at Turkish Super Cereal food aid supplier
A review has highlighted issues at a Turkish factory that supplied food aid implicated in a deadly outbreak in Uganda that sickened hundreds this past year.
Problems in the processing plant involved poor quality raw materials and lack of traceability
Study gives insight into bushmeat preferences in Uganda
Researchers have expanded understanding of the potential for exposure to and infection with zoonotic pathogens in the bushmeat trade.
Scientists believe that if they can help bushmeat traders and consumers keep themselves safe, perhaps their communities can also be protected.
Researchers show Ugandan outbreaks caused by single batch of food aid
Scientists have shone a light on the cause of multiple serious and fatal food poisoning incidents in Uganda in 2019. They found all three outbreaks were caused by a single batch of a type of food aid called Super Cereal.
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Foreign Lawyers Are Third Parties Too
Companies doing business in the global marketplace engage all types of third parties. Generally, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance tends to focus, with good reason, on third parties such as agents, representatives, distributors and others that assist a company in obtaining
DOJ Returns To Ugandan Bribery Scheme To Bring Additional Individual Charges
As highlighted in this prior post, in August 2019 the DOJ announced that Robin Longoria (an individual associated with European Adoption Consultants – an Ohio-based adoption agency) pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to violate the FCPA’s anti-bribery
IAEA details food safety work in Uganda and Costa Rica
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has marked World Food Safety Day this month by highlighting food safety efforts in Uganda and Costa Rica.
The IAEA and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) build country capacity in the