Browsing by Author "Nassali, Maria"

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    Beating the Human Rights Drum
    (Pretoria University of Law Press., 2015) Nassali, Maria
    After belabouring for hours to explain to my grandmother, Evelyn Nakitto, the subject of my doctoral studies, she summed it up in one sentence: ‘Ooh! You are going to study good manners.’ I then began to question why human rights is a concept that is almost exclusively confined to regulating state power. And yet, despite NGOs’ effort to dismantle existing power structures of especially hierarchies and patriarchies, NGOs inadvertently repeat the same structures within their organisations and relationships. I began to explore the concept of human rights based approaches.
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    Interrogating Large-scale Land Acquisitions and Land Governance in Uganda: Implications for Women’s Land Rights
    (2017) Ahikire, Josephine; Kanyesigye, Juliet; Nassali, Maria; Nakayi, Rose; Katushabe, Jovah; Pamara, Harriet
    Land is a key asset for the livelihood of the majority of people and is a key ingredient in the constitution of rights, entitlement as well as identity. Land is a key economic resource for agricultural production and accumulation as well as a key signifier in the constitution of social status and citizenship. Equally so, land disputes tend to constitute the largest percentage of conflict at household and community levels. Because of the potentially volatile nature of land, its governance is a critical issue and land issues have been noted as some of those that demand careful management.
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    Large Scale Land Acquisitions and Land Governance in Uganda: Implications for Women’s Land Rights
    (International development Research Centre, 2016) Ahikire, Josephine; Nassali, Maria; Kanyesigye, Juliet; Nakayi, Rose; Pamara, Harriet; Katushabe, Jovah
    Over 90 percent of Uganda’s population is dependent almost exclusively on agriculture for their livelihood which makes land a vital resource and in the same vein land governance then becomes a significant political question. Over the last two decades or so, there has been a relative land rush by foreign companies as well as national companies and individual investors and speculators. The phenomenon of LSLA in Uganda is quietly on the rise.
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    Mainstreaming Human Rights into all NGO Work
    (East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights, 2011) Nassali, Maria
    This article argues that the governance of NGOs is critical to the strengthening of the human rights movement. It advocates for the rights based approach that advances the moral obligation of NGOs to apply human rights principles to themselves. It urges each NGO to address the power inequalities within its operations, policies and relationships, identify the rights and duty bearers and the nature of the responsibilities. Cognizant that human rights are indivisible and inter-dependent, it challenges the artificial distinction between human rights and development NGOs. Mindful that human rights are universal, it counsels NGOs to learn how ordinary people have appropriated human rights discourse in relation to their culture, knowledge and experiences. Finally, it challenges the human rights mechanisms to provide leadership that will enhance the credibility of the human rights discourse to tame power and offer protection from any abuse of power.