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LEGAL AID PROGRAM – URVR Problems Addressed
1. ACCESS TO JUSTICE
- Lack of legal representation for refugees before Ugandan courts
- Limited awareness of rights and procedures (language, information, and cost barriers)
- Discrimination or unequal treatment in local administrative processes
2. STATUS AND DOCUMENTATION
- Issues related to refugee registration, status, or identity documents
- Support for case files that may lead to resettlement (USRAP)
3. SPECIFIC VIOLATIONS
- SGBV cases requiring legal follow-up alongside documentation efforts
- LGBT+ related cases facing legal risks (criminalization, arbitrary arrest, extortion)
- Child protection cases with legal dimensions (custody, exploitation, etc.)
4. COMMUNITY DISPUTES
- Land or resource conflicts within the settlement
- Family or community disputes requiring mediation or formal recourse
5. ABUSE OF POWER
- Cases of extortion,corruption, or abuse by local authorities or camp-based actors

LEGAL AID PROGRAM (URVR) — Problems Solved
- Access to justice
- No legal representation before Ugandan courts
- Limited knowledge of rights/procedures (language, cost, information gaps)
- Discrimination in local administrative processes
- Status & documentation
- Refugee registration/status/ID issues
- Specific violations
- SGBV cases needing legal follow-up
- LGBT+ cases facing legal risk (criminalization, arbitrary arrest, extortion)
- Child protection cases with legal dimensions
- Community disputes
- Land/resource conflicts
- Family/community disputes needing mediation or formal recourse
- Abuse of power
- Extortion, corruption, or abuse by local authorities/camp actors