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The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 is an act of the Parliament of Uganda that restricts freedom of speech on LGBT topics and introduces harsher penalties for certain types of homosexual acts. On 21 March 2023, the bill was read a third time, and was then sent to President Yoweri Museveni for assent. [ 1 ]
According to a 4 August 2014 news media report, Uganda's top Anglican leader, Archbishop Stanley Ntagali, called the decision of the Constitutional Court a disappointment for the Church of Uganda, religious leaders, and many Ugandans. He said, "The 'court of public opinion' has clearly indicated its support for the Act, and we urge Parliament ...
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 ...
This Act came into force in 2023, [A] [2] making Uganda the only Christian-majority country to punish some types of consensual same-sex acts with the death penalty. [8] A similar law had been passed in 2013, but was in 2014 struck down as unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Uganda on legal technicalities. [9]
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Examples of Uganda's legislation include: The amendment of the constitution to remove presidential term limits. [clarification needed] The Employment Act, 2006, Act 6 of 2006 [13] The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014; The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023; The Uganda Legal Information Institute (ULII) publishes the laws of Uganda, allowing for free ...
Pages in category "Law of Uganda" ... 2014; Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023; C. Capital punishment in Uganda; Constitution of Uganda; Court of Appeal of Uganda; E.
The Ugandan judiciary operates as an independent branch of government and consists of magistrate's courts, high courts, courts of appeal (which organizes itself as the Constitutional Court of Uganda when hearing constitutional issues), and the Supreme Court. Judges for the High Court are appointed by the president; Judges for the Court of ...