Know Your Rights 5: The right to humane treatment

Chapter 4 of the Constitution of Uganda, also known as The Bill of Rights, details the rights of all Ugandan citizens. If you are a person with a disability (PWD) these rights are yours.

Article 24 of the Constitution of Uganda says that no  person should be subjected to cruel or inhuman treatment. No one should be tortured. No one has the right to physically or mentally abuse anyone.

If you are a PWD you should not be tied up or hidden away. No one should mistreat you because of your disability. Saying that someone is useless or calling them a curse is mental abuse. Everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

A mentally ill girl being stopped to play with the rest of the children

This is how Article 24 is written in the Constitution of Uganda:

24. Respect for human dignity and protection from inhuman treatment. 

No person shall be subjected to any form of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.