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t As the goes that anyone that taste life most taste death, a sad news from the ACDHRS announces the demise of Uganda Human Rights Commissioner. The message reads: "We at the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS) in Banjul, The Gambia are deeply saddened by the news of the passing away of our colleague Med Kaggwa. Mr. Med Kaggwa was a qualified Lawyer and also the Chairperson of Uganda Human Rights Commission, Former Commissioner and Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and a Commissioner of the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission. He was a skilled and conscientious legal practitioner with nearly 30 years in the promotion of constitutionalism, good governance, rule of law and respect for human rights. He has also been a Member of Parliament in both the national and sub-regional Parliaments, a Member of the Constituent Assembly that dr...

To view this email as a web page, click  here. In Libya, Peace is Possible if Foreign Interference Ends In an interview with USIP, Mohamed Syala, the foreign minister of the Government of National Accord, expressed his concern that Russia could turn the tide of Libya’s civil war. If foreign powers ceased their involvement in Libya, the protracted civil war could come to an end quickly, he said. Read the interview Will a Prisoner Swap with the Taliban Push the Afghan Peace Process Forward? In a move that could revive the peace process, the Afghan government and Taliban completed a prisoner exchange that had been announced last week but then delayed. USIP’s  Scott Worden  discusses how the prisoner exchange and the unresolved presidential election could impact the peace process. Read the Q&A ...