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The Court of Appeal of Uganda (also constituted as the Constitutional Court of Uganda) is the second-highest judicial organ in Uganda. It derives its powers from Article 134 of the 1995 Constitution. It is an appellate court when hearing cases appealed from the High Court of Uganda.
The Court (in ex parte Matovu) concluded that the Kelsenian principle was equally applicable in the case of Uganda and held that the 1966 Constitution was thus valid because it was the product of a successful revolution which had led to a new legal order, ousting that of the 1962 Constitution.
The Supreme Court is headed by the chief justice and has ten other justices. The quorum required for a court decision varies depending on the type of case under consideration. When hearing a constitutional appeal, the required quorum is seven justices. In a criminal or a civil appeal, only five justices are required for a quorum. [1]
The government is defending the case brought by rights groups who say the law violates basic freedoms. Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act challenged in Constitutional Court Skip to main content
An April ruling by the country's constitutional court declined to void Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), a move requested by the activists who argued the law violated fundamental rights and ...
Uganda's constitutional court on Wednesday refused to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ law that includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, but found some of its provisions inconsistent ...
However, while Uganda's mandatory death penalty law for murder cases was again held to be unconstitutional, the Supreme Court of Uganda upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty as a whole and declared that hanging was not a cruel and unusual method of execution and was thus still constitutional. [16] [18] Uganda's High Court ...
The High Court of Uganda, also Uganda High Court, is the third-highest judicial organ in Uganda, behind the Supreme Court of Uganda and the Court of Appeal of Uganda. It has "unlimited original jurisdiction", with powers to try any case of any value or crime of any magnitude. It is also mandated to hear all appeals from all Magistrates Courts.