UHSPA Uganda teams up with HRAPF to oppose Equal Opportunities Commission Act in Constitutional Court
Uhspa Uganda has teamed up with Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum ( HRAPF) to contest the unfair treatment of Ugandan homosexuals in the Equal Opportunities Commission Act. The activists seen here last week petitioned the registrar of Uganda's Constitutional Court, challenging a section of the act that bars homosexuals from equal treatment and opportunity. See more Uhspa work on the controversial act here: Uganda’s Constitutional Court Hears Case on Equal Opportunities for All On Monday Uganda’s Constitutional Court opened hearings on a petition, Jjuuko Adrian v. Attorney General of Uganda, Constitutional petition No.1 of 2009, asking to nullify Section 15(6) d of the Equal Opportunities Commission Act 2007. Section 15(6) d can be used to discriminate against LGBTI persons. Adrian Jjuuko, the plaintiff in this case, is the Executive Director of the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF). HRAPF’s mission is to "use the law to promote Human Rights...