CHILD SACRIFICE IN UGANDA
Early day motion 2438, tabled 15 November 2011 by John Leech (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 28 members.
That this House condemns the abhorrent practice of child sacrifice in Uganda; notes with concern that between 2006 and 2010 only one person was found guilty despite 83 criminal cases and an estimated 900 murders of young people through child sacrifice; and urges the Ugandan government to implement the terms of both the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child which it has signed andto implement the recommendations of the Jubilee Campaign and Kyampisi Childcare Ministries' Child Sacrifice in Uganda report.
Signatures by party: Labour 11, DUP 6, Liberal Democrat 6, Conservative 2, Independent 1, Scottish National Party 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.