Research and Discussion Paper on a TJ Framework for Zimbabwe This case is an example why a country when dealing with past atrocities should have institutions and mechanisms in place that could implement and enforce a commission’s demands, and not depend on a truth or inquiry commission alone. Unfortunately, in its 2017/2018 report, Amnesty International confirmed that torture and other illtreatment and unlawful detention by the police and the State Security Service continued in Nigeria.58 6.2.Uganda Country: Uganda59 Independence: from the United Kingdom 9 October 1962 Truth commission: Commission of Inquiry into Violations of Human Rights Dates of operation: 1986 – 1994 (8 years; due to financial problems ,its work was interrupted in 1987) Enabling Law: The Commissions of Inquiry Act Legal Notice No. 5 Time to be investigated: October 9, 1962 – January 25, 1986 Mandate: To inquire into all aspects of violations of human rights, breaches of the rule of law and excessive abuse of power, committed against persons in Uganda by the regime and government agents and agencies.60It was to pay specific attention to arbitrary arrests, detentions and killings. The commission’s broad mandate also included forced displacement, disappearances, discrimination, and it authorized the commission to recommend ways to prevent future abuses. 61 Its mandate was extremely broad and vague62. Additionally, the terms of the appointment of the commission were such that it was forbidden for the commission to look at issues which had occurred after January 1986, when Museveni had taken power and a lot of abuses were taking place.63 Public report: The commission’s final report had an extremely limited publication, and even these copies were poorly, if at all, distributed.64 Recommendations: The report is not available, no recommendations have been implemented and most of the citizens of Uganda have no knowledge of this report. Challenges faced: There was a lot of hostility towards the commission; their work was sabotaged as files, audio and video recordings disappeared; the chairman of the commission had to move around with a body guard.65 The commission had also had inadequate resources and funds. 58 https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/africa/nigeria/report-nigeria/ https://www.usip.org/publications/1986/05/truth-commission-uganda-86 60 The Commissions of Inquiry Act, legal notice No. 5 (May 16, 1986); https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/file/resources/collections/commissions/Uganda86-Charter.pdf 61 Professor Bishnu Pathak1; Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared http://www.icla.up.ac.za/images/un/commissionsofinquiries/files/Uganda%20Truth%20Commission%2019861994.pdf 62 Joanna R. Quinn: The Politics of Acknowledgement: An Analysis of Uganda’s Truth Commission; https://www1.essex.ac.uk/armedcon/themes/international_courts_tribunals/analysis2.pdf 63 ibid 64 Ibid 59 28 DRAFT