U.N. court orders Uganda to pay Congo $325 million for violence in long-running conflict
PBS NewsHourAPR 2022
Uganda recognizes that it has had a far from perfect human rights record in the past, but that time is behind the country and the current overwatch by the UN human rights office is no longer necessary. Uganda now has a harmonious enough civil society and strong enough institutions to monitor the human rights situation in the country on its own.
The UN human rights office in Uganda has not finished its crucial work. Human rights violations still continue to happen, though the government has repeatedly claimed otherwise. This decision is down to government paranoia about overwatch and accountability. In the absence of the OHCHR, torture, detention, and extrajudicial killings will continue to happen unhindered.