Dr Chris Dolan lived in northern Uganda in the late 1990s while working for the NGO ACORD. He completed his doctorate from the London School of Economics in 2005. His book, Social Torture; the Case of Northern Uganda, 1986-2006, was published in April 2009 (Berghahn Books). Since July 2006 he has been Director of the Refugee Law Project, Makerere University, Kampala.

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Accord Issue 11: Northern Uganda

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