Associates for Development (Uganda)

Includes conceptualising property rights in natural resources; importance of property rights in natural resource management; policy and administrative approaches for devolving property rights; strengthening local governance to manage and enforce property rights to natural resources.

Report is in 3 parts: literature review findings, field study findings, recommendations. Divided into land justice and family justice and concludes by defining strategic interventions for the Justice, Law and Order Sector. Finds a dominant preference for disputes to be resolved at the lowest level possible, that lack of legal aid remains a big hindrance to access to justice, and that the conflict-affected districts of Lango, Acholi, Karamoja and Teso deserve special attention as a matter of urgency to resolve emerging land disputes and conflicts.