A team of Commissioners led by Hon. Kiwanuka Kiryowa (Attorney General) visited Gulu this week as part of a regional access-to-justice assessment. The delegation held consultative meetings with local bar leaders, court users and community elders to map barriers and identify service gaps.

Findings from the Northern Region visit will feed into the Commission’s 2026 Annual Report and inform resource allocation across Chief Magistrate’s Courts in the region.

Deputy Chairperson Hon. Lady Justice Rosette Comfort Kania chaired a two-day regional dialogue on women’s access to justice, held in Mbale. Representatives from civil society, the Uganda Law Society and district leaders took part.

The dialogue produced a joint communique committing to expanded legal aid clinics, survivor-centred court procedures, and faster handling of gender-based violence files.