Courses in Vienna and these lecture at the Training School for the Police. Questioned about the resort to torture and undue influence in the work of the Police, I was told firmly that as a matte~ of policy these were prohibited. But when they occurred the culprits were punished. The Human Rights Commission has the mandate to investigate complaints against the Police. The Inspectorate of Government (Ombudsman) has a similar responsibility. A bettter-equipped police service would have been welcorned, but given the economic constraints faced by the government the situation was understandable to the police. As regards relationship with NGOs, I learnt that the Police have had contacts with FIDA and Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, for instance. One of the officers commented that the reluctance of the public to participate in the criminal justice process might be due to the Tact that adequate attention is not paid to the interest of the victim. Victims of crimes are disappointed by lack of compensation. I observed that the unduly long hours spent as witnesses for the prosecution might also be a contributory factor in the concern expressed by the police officer. (ii) Meeting with Minister of Internai Affairs, Hon. Tom Butime Later in the day the Honourable Minister of Interior Tom Butime granted me audience. Questions raised with him covered State report, arrest and detention, the problems which Uganda has in protection of human rights; the rebels in the north (Kony and his rebels abducting girls and other children); the role of the Ugandan armed forces in human rights violation in the war zone; misuse of the criminal process against opponents of the government (sedition, contempt of court, defamation, possession of classified information, holding of unauthorised meetings and demonstrations the breaking up of Democratic Party meeting at Mbarara on human rights and democracy on Friday 10 July 1998; and the case of the 65 women who marched on Parliament House in June 1998 complaining that they had not seen their husbands who were arrested in May, 1998. Honourable Butime answered each and every question in a frank and forthright mariner. Yes, Uganda has a problem in the north. 6