{"id":242,"date":"2026-08-22T11:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T11:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/about-cefroht\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T11:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T11:26:52","slug":"about-cefroht","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/?page_id=242","title":{"rendered":"About CEFROHT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"242\" class=\"elementor elementor-242\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0dd2c0d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0dd2c0d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-270a1af\" data-id=\"270a1af\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa4b734 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cefroht_pagehero\" data-id=\"aa4b734\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cefroht_pagehero.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ihero\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cefroht.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/About-CEFROHT-Picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\">\t\t\t<div class=\"ihero__in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"crumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cefroht.ifancy.org\/\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\/<\/span>We use legal tools to make the right to food real.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow eyebrow--onDark\">Who we are<\/span>\t\t\t\t<h1>We use legal tools to make the right to food real.<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<p>An indigenous not for profit legal advocacy and action research organisation, founded in Kampala in 2019.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbe12fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbe12fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-530d54f\" data-id=\"530d54f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-id=\"b1268cc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1117730\" data-id=\"1117730\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dea197e elementor-widget elementor-widget-cefroht_longread\" data-id=\"dea197e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cefroht_longread.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lr\">\n\t\t\t<nav class=\"lr__rail\" aria-label=\"Chapters on this page\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5>On this page<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"is-on\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\">Who we are<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\">Vision, mission and values<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\">Strategic objectives<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\">How we work<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lr__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"lr__chapter article\" id=\"ch-1\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lr__count\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChapter 1 of 4\t\t\t\t\t\t\t &middot; 167 words\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Who we are<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are an indigenous not for profit legal advocacy and action research organisation using a human rights based approach to promote adequate food and adequate living. We use legal tools to ensure the realisation of land rights, food security, food safety and nutrition, livelihood rights, environmental health, and the mainstreaming of a food systems approach.<\/p>\n<p>CEFROHT's efforts target a sustainable food system, environmental health, nutrition and economic rights, focusing on vulnerable populations such as women, children, orphans, people living with HIV and AIDS, persons with disabilities, and youth. This is achieved through three integrated programmes: Social Justice and Strategic Litigation; Advocacy, Partnerships and Campaigns; and Sustainable Agri Food Systems and Climate Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Our main thematic area is food justice, pursued under the food systems approach to impact the laws, policies and practices of both duty bearers and rights holders from farm to fork. We work to make the entire food chain healthy and sustainable, spanning pre production, production through regenerative agriculture, post harvesting, processing, marketing and consumption.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"lr__chapter article\" id=\"ch-2\" hidden>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lr__count\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChapter 2 of 4\t\t\t\t\t\t\t &middot; 77 words\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Vision, mission and values<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Our vision.<\/strong> A world where the right to adequate living for everyone is realised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our mission.<\/strong> To promote social justice in food, agriculture and investment systems through strategic litigation, research, advocacy and community empowerment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our core values.<\/strong> Integrity, innovativeness, social justice, equity and non discrimination guide our work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our thematic areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sustainable access to justice for adequate living rights.<\/li>\n<li>Law and policy for healthy diets and prevention of NCDs.<\/li>\n<li>Agroecology towards a sustainable local agri food system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"lr__chapter article\" id=\"ch-3\" hidden>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lr__count\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChapter 3 of 4\t\t\t\t\t\t\t &middot; 84 words\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Strategic objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol>\n<li>To frame and promote adequate food, sustainable agriculture and investment justice as constitutional entitlements.<\/li>\n<li>To promote social accountability at local and national level for adequate living rights.<\/li>\n<li>To promote the justiciability of the right to adequate food, economic rights and livelihood rights.<\/li>\n<li>To grow an organisation that operates in an effective, efficient, professional and accountable manner.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>All of this is pursued using a Human Rights Based Approach, encompassing the principles of participation, accountability, non discrimination, transparency, human dignity, empowerment and the rule of law.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"lr__chapter article\" id=\"ch-4\" hidden>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lr__count\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChapter 4 of 4\t\t\t\t\t\t\t &middot; 179 words\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>How we work<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Human Rights Based Approach.<\/strong> CEFROHT understands that unequal power relations and social exclusion deny people their human rights and keep them in poverty. We use a Human Rights Based Approach to empower rights holders to claim their rights and support duty bearers in meeting their obligations. We identify rights holders, their legal freedoms and entitlements, and the obligations of the duty bearers responsible for ensuring those rights are realised. We enforce a circle of accountability throughout the policy cycle, so that policies and programmes stay responsive to the needs of rights holders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legal empowerment and social accountability.<\/strong> We employ legal empowerment, particularly for vulnerable groups, to secure adequate living rights. Systemic change comes from enabling marginalized communities to use the law, legal systems and legal services to protect and advance their rights and interests as citizens.<\/p>\n<p>This fosters accountability through direct engagement of individuals, communities and civil society organisations. CEFROHT collaborates with communities, duty bearers and civil society to hold the state accountable, while encouraging government, media, the private sector and donors to support and respond to those efforts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lr__more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn--line\" data-lr-next>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContinue reading\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"15\" height=\"15\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M5 12h14M13 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>4 chapters on this page. Nothing is cut. The rest is right here.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-212c12e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"212c12e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bffccb\" data-id=\"1bffccb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8774a69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cefroht_thread\" data-id=\"8774a69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cefroht_thread.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thread thread--left\" style=\"height:96px\" data-thread=\"sprout\" data-anim=\"inkflow\" data-speed=\"2200\" data-artsize=\"100\" data-linelen=\"100\" data-linew=\"1.4\" data-linecol=\"#3a3d36\" data-lineop=\"0.3\" data-artcol=\"#3a3d36\" data-wash=\"yes\" data-washcol=\"#fbe6d4\" data-line=\"arc\" data-amp=\"26\" data-tail=\"18\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"thread__track\"><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-153ddb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"153ddb8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e39dfe\" data-id=\"7e39dfe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fcfde0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cefroht_head\" data-id=\"6fcfde0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cefroht_head.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sec-head center\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\" data-reveal>Milestones<\/span>\t\t\t\t<h2 data-reveal>How we got here.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8612264 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cefroht_milestones\" data-id=\"8612264\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cefroht_milestones.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tlv\"><div class=\"tlv__item is-open\" data-reveal><span class=\"tlv__yr\">2019<\/span><span class=\"tlv__pt\"><\/span><div class=\"tlv__body\"><h3>CEFROHT is founded<\/h3><p>A handful of lawyers decide the right to food deserves a courtroom, not just a conference.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tlv__item\" data-reveal><span class=\"tlv__yr\">2022<\/span><span class=\"tlv__pt\"><\/span><div class=\"tlv__body\"><h3>Learning Centres open<\/h3><p>The first agroecology learning centres begin training farmers in Mukono and Kiboga.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tlv__item\" data-reveal><span class=\"tlv__yr\">2024<\/span><span class=\"tlv__pt\"><\/span><div class=\"tlv__body\"><h3>The regional push<\/h3><p>Work begins on a model agroecology law for the whole East African Community.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tlv__item\" data-reveal><span class=\"tlv__yr\">2026<\/span><span class=\"tlv__pt\"><\/span><div class=\"tlv__body\"><h3>Two firsts in one year<\/h3><p>Uganda signs its Nutrient Profile Model; 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