Margaret Sekaggya
Margaret Sekaggya is a
Ugandan lawyer and
human rights activist. She was born in
Kampala 23 October 1949. In 1970, she began studying at
Makerere University pursuing a
bachelor of laws degree. In 1990, she attained a
master of laws degree from the
University of Zambia. She has worked with the governments of Uganda,
Zambia, and the
United Nations. From 1996 to 2009, she as the chairperson for the
Uganda Human Rights Commission. In 1995, she had been appointed a judge of the
High Court of Uganda. During this time, she was selected to oversee the Uganda Interim Electoral Commission. She also participated in the promulgation of the 4th
Constitution of Uganda in 1995. During much of the 80s, she was based at the
United Nations Institute for Namibia, readying Namibia's institutions for transition into independence. From 1978 to 1982, she was a magistrate based in
Lusaka. From 2008 to 2014, Sekaggya was the
United Nations special rapporteur for human rights defenders.
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