Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act is Set Aside by Uganda’s Constitutional...
Today, I joined in breathing the collective sigh of relief heaved by LGBTI individuals and human rights activists present in the Constitutional Court when it dealt a fatal blow to the draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), declaring it null and void. The court was deciding on a petition that called for the nullification of the Act challenging several of its provisions that violated Uganda’s 1995 Constitution. Among the rights under threat were those on equality, non-discrimination, privacy and dignity. But the petition also challenged the procedure of passing the law without the requisite quorum. The rules of procedure in parliament require the presence of at least one-third of MPs before any bill is voted upon, and for the Speaker to take certain steps whenever a question is raised about quorum.
