Land rights activism and the struggle for power: Overlapping of the non-profit sector and the political sphere in Uganda

Gauthier Schefer (1, 2)

1 College of Europe
2 UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

This paper is about politics in Western Uganda and the multiple ways it relates to organizations of activists working on human rights issues. It draws examples from a local organization dealing with illegal expropriations of land in the region. As land grabbing is pervading in Ugandan society, land rights defenders deal with actors from a large sociological spectrum, from poor farmers to top-level politicians. Advocating human rights against land grabbing entices exposure and risks.

Domains: Political science

Gauthier Schefer. Land rights activism and the struggle for power: Overlapping of the non-profit sector and the political sphere in Uganda. 2019. ⟨halshs-02089769⟩