Concerning the attitude towards IPV against women in Uganda, research shows that a very high proportion of Ugandans (both male and female) justifies the act of wife-beating. Approximately 70% of women and 60% of men justify the usage of such violent act (Uthman et al., 2010). ...
The DP leadership reluctantly agreed to act as a constitutional opposition, but Yoweri Museveni, who had played a significant part in the military overthrow of Amin, refused to accept the UPC victory. He and Lule formed an opposition group, the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Museveni led...
Anti-Homosexuality Actpolitics of law-makingUgandahomosexuallegal reformLegislative treatment of homosexual citizens of Uganda was variously categorised as vitriolic homophobia by the international LGBTIQ movement and human rights advocates. Extreme proposed penalties (including death, extradition and life ...
The major sources of law in Uganda include the Constitution, legislation (Acts of Parliament), judicial precedent, customary law, and international law. The Constitution is considered the major source of law in Uganda because it is the supreme law of the
Ugandan protestors outside London embassy [Voice of America photo]. Lively’s anti-gay activism in Uganda has finally caught up with him. The SPLC reports:“[Lively’s] work in Uganda led to a lawsuit against him under the Alien Tort Claims Act, filed March 14, 2012, by Sexual Minorities...
community leaders, religious leaders, and law enforcement. Lively and other activists, such as Don Schmierer and Caleb Brundidge, Jr., continued to work with Uganda’s leaders, and only a month later Member of Parliament David Bahati presented the first draft of “The Anti Homosexuality Act,...
Later after independence, a decree called “The Prohibition of the Burning of Grass Act” was passed in 1974 by President Idi Amin, and it is still in-force today. This law restricts the use of fire in the management of rangelands on private land except in wildlife conservation areas and ...
The Ugandan legislation in its current form would mandate a death sentence for active homosexuals living with HIV or in cases of same-sex rape. "Serial offenders" also could face capital punishment, but the legislation does not define the term. Anyone convicted of a homosexual act faces life ...
While it might be possible for the above provisions to be interpreted in favour of victims of nonconsensual pornography, it is obvious that nonconsensual pornography was not envisaged as form of domestic or intimate partner violence when the law was enacted.8 The Act envisages "a pattern" and...
law makers are eager to implement media laws that penalize journalists, we submit that efforts ought to be made to enforce regulations such as the Computer Misuse Act in favor of journalists. Such efforts will vigorously seek to identify, prosecute, and penalize violations committed against ...