Obongo v Attorney General
Obongo v Attorney General (Miscellaneous Cause No. 224 of 2021) [2022] UGHCCD 255 (12 December 2022)
The court found that the Respondent's agents and/or servants violated the victims' constitutional rights by arresting and detaining them incommunicado for ten days without informing them of the reasons for arrest, denying them access to lawyers and next of kin, and failing to bring them before a court within 48 hours. The court also found that the Respondent's agents unlawfully killed Remizio Okello and withheld his body from relatives, violating both his right to life and the relatives' right to a decent burial in accordance with their culture. The court rejected the respondent's res judicat…
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- Fundamental Rights Enforcement
- Unlawful Detention
- Torture And Inhuman Treatment
- Vicarious Liability
- Right To Decent Burial
- Exemplary Damages