“Confronting Child Sacrifice in Uganda: A Multi-Layered View” by Brian Dennison, Faith Letacie and Heather Pate

Child sacrifice is disturbingly commonplace in Uganda. Despite various efforts to combat this scourge, Ugandan children continue to suffer and die. The social, religious, economic and cultural roots that sustain child sacrifice in Uganda run deep. Engaging the challenge of eliminating child sacrifice requires a multi-layered assessment of the problem.

This paper covers a broad swath. It begins by providing readers with some sense of the scope and intensity of child sacrifice in Uganda. Next it catalogues certain duties and obligations relevant to child sacrifice arising from international and regional treaty commitments. The paper then presents the domestic legal framework relevant to child sacrifice matters and outlines responses by various actors and stakeholders seeking to counter and prevent child sacrifice in Uganda. Finally, the paper concludes with recommendations for combating and addressing child sacrifice going forward.