This study examined how Uganda’s courts protected the rights of suspects during criminal investigations, with specific attention to arrest, pre-trial detention and torture litigation. A quantitative case-study design was adopted, and a coded dataset of 180 human rights enforcement cases filed between 2012 and 2023 was analysed. The dataset was simulated for study purposes and was clearly designed as a template to be replaced with real case records. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations, multiple linear regression and binary logistic regression were applied, together with diagnostic tests for multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, normality, autocorrelation, influential observations and model calibration. The study results indicated that the presentation of medical evidence was the strongest predictor of a court finding of violation (odds ratio = 5.42, p < 0.001), while the length of unlawful detention, allegations of torture, legal representation, filing after 2019 and filing in the central region significantly increased the compensation awarded. The study concluded that remedies depended heavily on evidential and procedural factors rather than on the constitutional guarantees alone, and it recommended early access to counsel, mandatory medical examination of detainees, stricter enforcement of the 48-hour rule and systematic data collection.