Update on next steps in the Legislative Process regarding the Sexual Offences Bill
Although our analysis uses the word Act, the law at present is officially still a Bill and will only become an Act after receiving presidential Assent under article 91 of the Constitution. The reason we referred to it as an Act in the Analysis is because it will only...
HRAPF’s Press statement on the Commemoration of International Day Against Homophobia Biphobia Intersexphobia and Transphobia 2022
Today, Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) joins the rest of world in celebrating the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). This day is commemorated annually on 17th May to raise awareness and draw attention to the violence and discrimination faced by people with diverse...
HRAPF’s Press Statement on the commemoration of the International Human Rights day 2021
Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) joins the rest of the world to commemorate the International Human Rights Day. This year marks the 73rd year since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on 10th December 1948, and this is cause for celebration as this document continues...
Documentary on the Implications of Petty Offences in Uganda
Criminal laws, particularly those providing for petty offences such as vagrancy laws, have consistently been used to arrest, detain, evict, or exploit the labour of persons who are deemed unfit to occupy public spaces. The continued enforcement of these laws often shows no regard for the individual right to dignity,...
Botswana Court of Appeal decriminalises consensual same sex between same-sex partners
On 29th November 2021, The Botswana Court of Appeal through the Judge President Ian Kirby issues a monumental judgement to decriminalise consensual sex between same-sex partners. The unanimous decision found that the Penal Code provisions (Sections 164 (a) and (c) ) violated the right to privacy (section 9 of...
