Amnesty as a panacea to conflict.

Muramuzi, Innocent; Mawa, Michael; Ngabirano, Maximiano

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dc.contributor.author	Muramuzi, Innocent
dc.contributor.author	Mawa, Michael
dc.contributor.author	Ngabirano, Maximiano
dc.date.accessioned	2021-12-08T04:19:08Z
dc.date.available	2021-12-08T04:19:08Z
dc.date.issued	2019-09
dc.identifier.issn	2250-3153
dc.identifier.uri	https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/72
dc.description.abstract	Peacebuilding is a process of trying to restore cordial normal relations between people or groups of people especially after a conflict. It requires the reconciliation of differences, apology and forgiveness of past harm and the establishment of a co-operative relationship between groups after the conflict. Peacebuilding is a foundation for sustainable peace but this foundation needs a lot of resources including time as well as the support of all stakeholders in a country to have a common vision for the future if they are to achieve sustainable peace. This paper aimed to determine the limitations faced by amnesty seekers in Uganda and the prospects thereof to end conflicts and wars peacefully and the attainment of sustainable peace. The paper is based on a larger study that was conducted to assess the contribution of amnesty in ending conflicts and wars. This study was guided by the desire to end conflicts and wars through the use of amnesty. The study adopted both quantitative and qualitative study design. A questionnaire was used to collect data from one thousand respondents spread throughout the five districts in Uganda that were sampled; each district from Uganda’s five regions. In addition, one-on-one interviews were held with several key informants like reporters, Resident District Commissioners of the sampled districts, staff of NGos that were involved in the receiving of reporters, some sections of the security apparatus, lawyers and religious leaders. The results showed that peacebuilding through peaceful means like granting of amnesty can easily encourage peacebuilding and the achievement of sustainable peace in a country. The findings are beneficial to academicians, policy makers, NGO’s, peace negotiators and politicians as far as they will be painting a green picture in the use of peacebuilding mechanisms like amnesty to build peace if conflicts and wars are to end and sustainable peace is acheived. The mission behind this study was to establish the limitations faced by amnesty seekers in Uganda and what could be done to remove such limitations so that amnesty seekers in and outside Uganda can easily access amnesty.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	International journal of scientific and research publications.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Volume 9, issue 9;877-887
dc.subject	Amnesty	en_US
dc.subject	Conflict	en_US
dc.subject	Conflict resolution	en_US
dc.subject	Peace	en_US
dc.subject	Sustainable peace	en_US
dc.title	Amnesty as a panacea to conflict.	en_US
dc.title.alternative	An assessment of the contribution of amnesty to conflict resolution and sustainable peace in Uganda.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US