"We are in discussions with the government of Uganda at the highest levels to see what can be done to continue our important work in the country," the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) told Reuters..
"A conversation is being scheduled between UN High Commissioner Volker Türk, and the President of the Republic of Uganda. The High Commissioner's view is that there should be a U.N. Human Rights presence everywhere."
Uganda told OHCHR last week that it would not renew the mandate of its office, effectively expelling the rights monitors.
The government said in a letter to OHCHR that the U.N. presence was no longer necessary because of the progress it had made in developing a domestic capacity to monitor human rights compliance, including the emergence of a strong civil society.
The office was set up in 2006 and has brought to light widespread rights violations by security personnel including torture, illegal detentions and failure by the state to prosecute offenders.
