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Botswana High Court rules to decriminalise same-sex sexual conduct
The High Court of Botswana, on Tuesday 11th June 2019, issued a unanimous judgment in which it declared sections of Botswana’s Penal Code criminalising same-sex sexual conduct unconstitutional on the...
Read morePress Release: IDAHOBIT 2019
PRESS STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA, INTERPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA (IDAHOBIT) KAMPALA 17TH MAY 2019 ‘HRAPF calls on African leaders to take a stand for the justice and protection of all’ Today, Human...
Read moreAngola outlaws same sex sexual conduct and criminalises discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
On 23rd January 2019, the Parliament of Angola adopted a new Penal Code, outlawing the criminalisation of consensual same sex sexual conduct. The ‘vices against nature’ provision which is an...
Read moreHRAPF SUPPORTS THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO THE ‘IDLE AND DISORDERLY’ LAWS
PRESS STATEMENT Kampala, Friday 9th November 2018 HRAPF SUPPORTS THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO THE ‘IDLE AND DISORDERLY’ LAWS Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) supports the petition challenging Section 168 (1)...
Read moreHRAPF releases third issue of the Human Rights Advocate focusing on the new NGO Act 2016
The Human Rights Advocate magazine is a legislative review and advocacy tool in favour of marginalised groups. Each issue contains deliberations from a variety of authors on a particular enactment...
Read moreHRAPF releases analysis of the Human Rights Enforcement Bill, 2015
HRAPF has made an analysis of The Human Rights Enforcement Bill, 2015. The Bill was published in the Uganda Gazette on 1 October 2015 as Bill No 26 of 2015...
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Sheila Muwanga - Chairperson, Board of Directors
In 2014 HRAPF made tremendous achievements. The most remarkable one was taking the lead on the process that led to the nullification of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014.
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HRAPF is a non-governmental organisation whose mission is to promote respect and observance of human rights of marginalised groups through legal and legislative advocacy, research and documentation, legal and human rights awareness, capacity building and partnerships.
