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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