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AcronymsACHPRCARECBDCERDCFMFPPIBEACOICERDICCPRICESCRMBIFCTMUPOICUNDRIPUOBDUAfrican Charter on Human and Peoples’ RightsChristian Action Research and EducationConvention on Biological DiversityCommittee on the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationCollaborative Forest ManagementForest Peoples ProgrammeImperial British East African CompanyInternational Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial DiscriminationInternational Covenant on Civil and Political RightsInternational Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural RightsMgahinga and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Conservation TrustMultiple Use ProgrammeOrder in CouncilUnited Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesUnited Organization for Batwa Development in Uganda
ContentsI Introduction 11.1 The Batwa in Uganda: A historical overview 3II Pre-colonial era: survival of the fittest or land rights for all? 82.1 The pre-colonial era and communal land ownership 8III Indigenous land rights in the colonial and post-independence eras 103.1 British establishment of effective control 103.1.1 The land regulations of 1897 113.1.2 The 1900 Buganda Agreement: the new regime of land rights 123.1.3 The 1900 Toro and 1901 Ankole Agreements: land rights as dispensableprivileges? 133.1.4 Colonial administration of justice and sensitivity to indigenous peoples’rights 133.1.5 Sowing seeds of exclusionary politics: relegating the Batwa 133.1.6 Were the environmental laws at the time in defence of the Batwa? 143.1.7 Post-independence era: Batwa land rights in turbulent Uganda (1962–75) 16IV Land rights 174.1 The contemporary laws: a missed opportunity? 174.1.1 Land rights for all? A look at the 1995 Constitution of Uganda 174.1.2 Land administration, control and dispute resolution mechanisms:do they accommodate the Batwa’s land rights? 21V International human rights law 255.1 Human rights 26VI Conclusion and recommendations 30Conclusion 30Recommendations 30References 33Timeline 36
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