Dr. Josephine Ndagire is an accomplished academic and human rights activist with over 18 years of dedicated service at grassroots, national, and international levels. She has served as an Expert Member on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Committee on the Prevention of Torture in Africa and currently chairs the Board of Directors at the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (Uganda). She also serves on the Councils of Penal Reform International (United Kingdom) and the International Society for Human Rights (Germany). Renowned for her incisive legal insight and leadership, Dr. Ndagire has featured on BBC Newsday to discuss pressing global justice issues, including migrant deportations and the ICJ reparations case DRC vs. Uganda. Her work has significantly influenced human rights advocacy, legal reform, and justice systems across Africa.
Dr. Ndagire has provided expert consultation to leading international organizations, including UN Women, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, IGAD, and the International Development Law Organization. She lectures at the School of Law, Makerere University, and has previously held senior roles at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, and the Max Planck Institute. Author of National Redress on ‘Gendered’ International Crimes (2015) and several scholarly works, she holds a Doctor of Juridical Sciences (SJD) from Emory University, an LLM in International Human Rights Law from the University of Notre Dame, and an LLB from Makerere University.
Child Soldiers
Child Protection/Child Abuse
Citizenship, Statelessness & Lack of Nationality Documentation
Deportees/Criminal Deportees
Ex-Combatant Reintegration
FGM/FGC
Forced Marriage
Gender-Based Violence/Domestic Violence /GBV
Government/State Actor Persecution,
Prison Conditions
Torture
Trafficking
Ndagire, J. (2024). “Rethinking the Application of Formal and Informal Justice Responses to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Uganda.” Genocide Studies and Prevention, 18(2), 147–165. DOI: 10.5038/1911-9933.18.2.1978.
Ndagire, J. (2023). “A Critique of Recovery and Reconstruction Programs: Situating Women’s Experiences at the Centre of Post-Conflict Northern Uganda.” East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights, 27(1), 1–17.
Ndagire, J. (2022). “A Critical Assessment of the Status of Women Judicial Officers in Uganda.” In Dawuni et al. (eds.), Intersectionality and Women’s Access to Justice in Africa. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN: 978-1-7936-3267-8.
Ndagire, J. (2022). “A Critical Assessment of the International Crimes Division of the High Court of Uganda.” In Budoo-Scholtz et al. (eds.), National Accountability for International Crimes in Africa, Volume I. Springer. ISBN: 10.1007/978-3-030-88044-6.
Ndagire, J. (2021). “Prospects for Reparations for Victims of Conflict-Related Violence in Uganda.” In Budoo-Scholtz et al. (eds.), Violence Against Women and Criminal Justice in Africa: Volume II. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-75953-7.
Ndagire, J. (2021). “Reconstructing Engagement between CSOs and National Human Rights Institutions.” East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights, 27(1), 1–17.
Smith, M., Mahmood, Ndagire, J. (2017). Cooperation between Civil Society Actors and Judicial Mechanisms during Prosecution of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence. International Nuremberg Principles Academy.
Ndagire, J. (2016). “Grounds for Excluding Criminal Liability in Uganda.” In Sieber et al. (eds.), National Criminal Law in a Comparative Context, Vol. 5.1. Dunker & Humblot, Berlin.
Ndagire, J. (2016). “Grounds for Terminating or Expunging Criminal Liability in Uganda.” In Sieber et al. (eds.), National Criminal Law in a Comparative Context, Vol. 5.1. Dunker & Humblot, Berlin.
Ndagire, J. (2015). National Redress for ‘Gendered’ International Crimes: Uganda, Germany and the International Criminal System. Verlag Dr Kovac, Hamburg. ISBN: 978-3-8300-8490-7.
Ndagire, J. (2015). “Criminal Liability for Crimes in Companies, Associations and Other Collective Legal Entities in Uganda.” In Sieber et al. (eds.), National Criminal Law in a Comparative Context, Vol. 4.1. Dunker & Humblot, Berlin.
Ndagire, J., Namakula, C. S. (2015). “Law and Order – Uganda.” In Jan Banning, The World of Criminal Justice.
Ndagire, J. (2015). “Punishable Conduct Prior to the Completion of an Offence in Uganda.” In Sieber et al. (eds.), National Criminal Law in a Comparative Context, Vol. 4.1. Dunker & Humblot, Berlin.
Ndagire, J. (2015). “Parties to Crime in Uganda.” In Sieber et al. (eds.), National Criminal Law in a Comparative Context, Vol. 4.1. Dunker & Humblot, Berlin.
Sieber, Silverman, Ndagire, Weiss, Namakula. (2013). “Strafjustiz International: Schuld & Sühne.” GEO, 10/2013, 40–65.
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