(iii) My meeting with the Ag. Director of the above Centre was followed immediately with a brief meeting with the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Makerere University where the Commission was the focal point of discussion. We were then led to a meeting with a small number of students and the Ag. Director of the Centre. I gave a lecture on the Charter and the Commission, which generated a lively discussion. Wednesday, 15 July 1998 (i ) With a view to finding out how the Police observe and respect the human rights of the public with whom their work bring them into contact, I met Messrs Opio Erasmus, Deputy Director, C.I.D., Okumu and Akorima bath Senior Officers with the Police Service. The structure of the Police Service in Uganda was explained to me in detail, but all of it need not detain us. Certain aspects of it will suffice. The Police are a department under the Ministry of Interior. Not having attained its maximum strength, members of the police service have a heavy workload. With an eye on gender balance it is expected that the female population of the police will be raised from 10 per cent to 30 per cent in the immediate future. Some sections of the police have already gone beyond 10 percent. Generally it takes 6 to 12 months from the time of arrest to completion of investigation. In non-capital cases the period may be 3 to 6 months or less. Delay in prosecution is a result of a slow court process. Where the accused is not committed to stand trial and in noncapital offences, he or she is entitled to be released on bail in accordance with the provision of the Constitution, 1 was informed. This provision, the information continued, had been invoked on several occasions at the instance of accused persons or on the Courts' own initiative. In Uganda a person can be detained without trial for 48 hours. Asked about seminars and workshops on human rights for the police, the response was that the subject is an integral part of the training of police personnel. It is also taught at refresher courses. Furthermore, the Inspectorate of Government has organised a human rights workshop for the Police; and so bas the 1-Iuman Rights Commission of Uganda. Equally, some members of the Service have benefited from U.N. 5