https://www.bizcommunity.com/220/828.html Uganda Human Rights Law news 15 Human Rights Law news - Uganda https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/220/828.html en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:15:47 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/apple-faces-new-lawsuit-over-congo-conflict-minerals-396458a A US-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington, accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda despite the iPhone maker's denials. 1-263733 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:57:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Uganda https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/220/148/239155.html The HIV/Aids treatment centre in Kampala is almost empty, days after Uganda enacted one of the most draconian anti-gay laws on Earth. 1-239155 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 10:06:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Uganda https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/220/717/238844.html Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality", drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors. 1-238844 Tue, 30 May 2023 11:23:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Uganda https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/220/717/238043.html Uganda's parliament on Tuesday, 2 May 2023, passed one of the world's strictest anti-LGBTQ bills mostly unchanged, including provision for long jail terms and the death penalty, after the president requested some parts of the original legislation be toned down. 1-238043 Tue, 02 May 2023 13:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Uganda https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/220/828/237996.html Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has asked lawmakers to make clear in a proposed anti-homosexuality law that it is not criminal to merely identify as gay, as part of an attempt to tone down a bill that has drawn international condemnation. 1-237996 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 12:25:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Uganda https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/220/638/236392.html A French court on Tuesday, 28 February 2023, could order oil major TotalEnergies to halt the development of an east Africa pipeline in a landmark case based on legislation that makes big companies liable for risks to the environment and human rights. 1-236392 Tue, 28 Feb 2023 09:21:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Uganda https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/220/828/224930.html Judges at the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday ruled that Uganda must pay $325m in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in conflicts in Congo's resource-rich Ituri province. 1-224930 Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:01:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Uganda https://www.bizcommunity.com.gh/Article/83/828/222108.html Supporters and opponents of Ghana's new anti-LGBT bill faced off in parliament on Wednesday, 10 November 2021, in the first public hearings into the proposed legislation that would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender. 1-222108 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Uganda https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/712/222097.html It has now become commonplace for major corporations to join in on LGBT events such as Pride Month, National Coming Out Day or the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Indeed, this is sometimes a source of criticism within the community as companies are perceived to be cashing in on LGBT causes. 1-222097 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:27:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Uganda https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/712/216067.html The socio-political and developmental health of a nation can be determined by the lived experiences of, and rights afforded to, the most marginalised within that nation. On the African continent, some of the most marginalised individuals are those belonging to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. While the health of the people of the continent has been brought into even sharper focus since the beginning of 2020 in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is clear that the developmental goals of the continent are threatened by the ongoing exclusion and marginalisation of, and violence against, members of the LGBT community. 1-216067 Fri, 21 May 2021 10:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Uganda