Uganda
2026
STATUSAbolitionist de facto
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES1
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- October 8, 1995; amended in 2005
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- in 1995 a common law and customary law system was reintroduced
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Court of Appeal and High Court
RELIGIONS
41.9% Catholics, 42% Protestants, 12.1% Muslims, other
From the country
- OCTOBER 17, 2019UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA DENIES PLANS TO IMPOSE DEATH PENALTY FOR GAY SEX AMID GLOBAL CONCERN
Uganda will not impose the death penalty for gay sex, a presidential spokesman said on 14 October 2019, after major aid donors said they were monitoring a plan by the African nation to reintroduce a bill colloquially known as “Kill the Gays”.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2019UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MAN IN GULU SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A 43-year-old man in Gulu, Uganda, has been sentenced to death for murder, URN reported on 22 August 2019.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2019UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA ABOLISHES MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
Parliament in Uganda on 21 August 2019 passed a law that abolishes the mandatory death penalty for certain crimes, amending four different laws that had earlier prescribed capital punishment, including the Anti-Terrorism Act.
- JANUARY 1, 2019UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences