Uganda Case Law

Center for Health, Human Rights & Development (CEHURD) v Attorney General

Center for Health, Human Rights & Development (CEHURD) v Attorney General (Constitutional Petition 8 of 2019) [2024] UGCC 14 (13 May 2024)

Court

Constitutional Court of Uganda

Case number

Constitutional Petition 8 of 2019

Judge

Egonda-Ntende, JCC, Bamugemereire, JCC, Mulyagonja, JCC, Monica K. Mugenyi, JCC, Gashirabake, JCC

The court found that while the petition initially raised substantial constitutional questions regarding the validity of various provisions of the Venereal Diseases Act, Cap 284, the Act was repealed by Section 97 of the Public Health (Amendment) Act, 2023, during the pendency of the proceedings. As a result, the issues in controversy ceased to exist, rendering the petition moot. The court relied on established legal principles that a case is moot when there is no longer a live controversy or cognizable interest in the outcome, and that jurisdiction may abate if the law in question is repealed…

Source excerpt

• Constitutional Interpretation
• Right To Health
• Right To Privacy
• Non Discrimination
• Public Health Law
• Repeal Of Legislation

Secretariat of The Joint United Nations Programme On HIV/Aids v Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum and Anor (Application 3 of 2015)

Secretariat of The Joint United Nations Programme On HIV/Aids v Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum and Anor (Application 3 of 2015) [2015] EACJ 107 (25 November 2015) (First Instance Division)

Court

East African Court of Justice

Case number

Application 3 of 2015

Judge

Mugenyi JA

The EACJ granted UNAIDS leave to appear as amicus curiae in a challenge to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, limiting its role to written submissions.

• Amicus Curiae Procedure
• Lgbti Rights
• Public Health Law
• Access To Justice
• Anti Homosexuality Legislation
• Human Rights Enforcement