The Human Rights Law Index is a collection of international treaties and case law from African courts on topics relating to human rights. The case selection aims to provide a snapshot of human rights law in a country, as well as within the African Union. The index currently covers over 1000 documents.
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| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Editor in chief & Printing,publishing company newvision v Sekandi & Anor (CIVIL APPEAL NO. 33 OF 2011) [2011] UGHCCD 16 (1 February 2013); | [2011] UGHCCD 16 | 01 Feb 2013 | Flynote: HR Dignity and honour and reputation Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2013-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Tinkasiimire & 18 Ors v ATTORNEY GENERAL & Anor (MISC. CAUSE NO. 35 OF 2012) [2012] UGHCCD 57 (5 April 2013); | [2012] UGHCCD 57 | 05 Apr 2013 | Flynote: HR Housing Asylum and refuge Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2013-57.docx... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Lukwago v Attorney General & Anor (MISC. CAUSE NO. 362 OF 2013) [2014] UGHCCD 13 (4 February 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 13 | 04 Feb 2014 | Flynote: HR Independent judiciary Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2014-13.docx THE... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Jakisa & 2 ors v Kyambogo university (MISC. APPLICATION NO. 549 OF 2013) [2013]UGHCCD 156 (29 November 2013); | [2013]UGHCCD 156 | 29 Nov 2013 | Flynote: HR Housing Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2013-156.docx THE REPUBLIC OF... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Okullo v Attorney General (CIVIL SUIT NO. 383 OF 2012) [2014] UGHCCD 10 (23 January 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 10 | 23 Jan 2014 | Flynote: HR Military service Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2014-10.docx THE... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Ulego & 2 Ors v Attorney General (CIVIL SUIT NO. 138 OF 2004) [2013] UGHCCD 144 (31 October 2013); | [2013] UGHCCD 144 | 31 Oct 2013 | Flynote: HR Personhood Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2013-144.docx THE REPUBLIC... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Ojangole & 4 Ors v Attorney General (MISC CAUSE NO. 303 OF 2013) [2014] UGHCCD 58 (14 April 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 58 | 14 Apr 2014 | Flynote: HR Equality before the law and equal protection of the law Have his cause heard (fair... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Isamat Anor v The Governing Council of Uganada Institute of Allied and Management Sciences-Mulago (Formely Mulago Paramedical Traning Schools (MISCELLANOUS CAUSE NO. 005 OF 2013) [2014] UGHCCD 61 (28 April 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 61 | 28 Apr 2014 | Flynote: HR Receive information Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Nabagesera & 3 ors v Attorney General & Anor (MISC. CAUSE NO.O33 OF 2012) [2014] UGHCCD 85 (24 June 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 85 | 24 Jun 2014 | Flynote: HR Liberty Peace Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2014-85.docx THE REPUBLIC... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Okumu v Attorney General (MISC. CAUSE NO.163 OF 2013) [2014] UGHCCD 89 (3 July 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 89 | 03 Jul 2014 | Flynote: HR Liberty Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2014-89.docx THE REPUBLIC OF... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Consolidated Contractors Ltd & 3 Ors v Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority & Anor (MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. 357 OF 2014) [2014] UGHCCD 97 (29 July 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 97 | 29 Jul 2014 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2014-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Omunuk v Attorney General (CIVIL SUIT NO.108 OF 2011) [2014] UGHCCD 67 (7 May 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 67 | 07 May 2014 | Flynote: HR Liberty Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2014-67.doc THE REPUBLIC OF... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Attorney General & Anor v Uganda Law society (MISC. CAUSE NO. 321 OF 2013) [2014] UGHCCD 99 (18 August 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 99 | 18 Aug 2014 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2014-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Fuelex Uganda Limited v Attorney General & Ors (MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. 048 OF 2014) [2014] UGHCCD 104 (26 August 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 104 | 26 Aug 2014 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2014-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Okoth v Attorney General (MISC. CAUSE NO.162 OF 2013) [2014] UGHCCD 131 (3 July 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 131 | 03 Jul 2014 | Flynote: HR Liberty Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2014-131.docx THE REPUBLIC OF... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Khabusi Building Contractors & Furniture Ltd & 2 Ors v Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Assets Authority (MISC. CAUSE NO. 43 OF 2014) [2014] UGHCCD 139 (27 October 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 139 | 27 Oct 2014 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2014-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Wanyama v Busia District Local Government (HCT-04-CV-MA-0225-2011) [2014] UGHCCD 145 (10 July 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 145 | 10 Jul 2014 | Flynote: HR Equality before the law and equal protection of the law Have his cause heard (fair... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Omalla v Butaleja District Local Government Council & 2 Ors (HCT-04-CV-MA-0153/2014) [2014] UGHCCD 148 (11 November 2014); | [2014] UGHCCD 148 | 11 Nov 2014 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2014-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Inspector General of Government & Anor v Attorney General & 2 Ors (MISC. APPLICATION NO. 744 OF 2014) [2015] UGHCCD 1 (9 January 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 1 | 09 Jan 2015 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Lugolobi v Tororo District Local Government (HCT-04-CV-MC-0019-2014) [2015] UGHCCD 35 (26 March 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 35 | 26 Mar 2015 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Karuhanga & Anor vs Attorney General & 2 Ors (MISC. CAUSE NO. 060 OF 2015) [2015] UGHCCD 39 (28 May 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 39 | 28 May 2015 | Flynote: HR Receive information Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-39.docx THE... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Lwasa Vs the New Vision Printing & Publishing Corporation Ltd (HCT-00-CV-CS-0461 OF 2000) [2015] UGHCCD 41 (8 May 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 41 | 08 May 2015 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-... |
| HC: International Crimes Division (Uganda) | Gabula v Attorney General (HCT-00-CV- CS- 0054) [2012] UGHCICD 1 (6 March 2012); | [2012] UGHCICD 1 | 06 Mar 2012 | Flynote: HR Death penalty Download: hc-international-crimes-division-2012-1.doc REPUBLIC OF... |
| Commercial Court of Uganda | Global Trust Bank Ltd v Mugisha (HCT-00-CC-OS-0005-2012) [2013] UGCOMMC 126 (27 June 2013); | [2013] UGCOMMC 126 | 27 Jun 2013 | Flynote: CL Notice of Appeal Competency of Appeal Jurisdiction Headnote and Holding: The matter... |
| Commercial Court of Uganda | Scorpion Holdings Ltd v Lion Assurance Co Ltd (CIVIL SUIT NO. 221 OF 2013) (2013) UGCOMMC 50 (3 March 2015); | (2013) UGCOMMC 50 | 03 Mar 2015 | Flynote: CL Insurance Indemnity Parental care and protection Insurance Fraud Headnote and Holding... |
| Commercial Court of Uganda | CMA CGM Uganda Ltd v H. Ssekatawa International Ltd (CIVIL APPEAL 27 OF 2013) [2015] UGCOMMC 59 (26 March 2015); | [2015] UGCOMMC 59 | 26 Mar 2015 | Flynote: CL Choice of jurisdiction Shipping Jurisdiction Headnote and Holding: A dispute arose... |
| HC: Criminal Division (Uganda) | Kiwanuka v Uganda (MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION No. 213 of 2013) (2014) UGHCCRD 85 (4 March 2014); | (2014) UGHCCRD 85 | 04 Mar 2014 | Flynote: Constitutional Law Human Rights Search Summary: In this case the applicant by notice of... |
| Supreme Court of Uganda | Mifumi (U) Ltd & Anor Vs Attorney General & Anor (Constitutional Appeal No. 02 of 2014) [2015] UGSC 13 (6 August 2015); | [2015] UGSC 13 | 06 Aug 2015 | Flynote: Constitutional Law Family Law Human Rights Marriage Women Search Summary: The... |
| Supreme Court of Uganda | Nyakaana v National Environment Management Authority and Others (Constitutional Appeal No. 05 of 2011) [2015] UGSC 14 (20 August 2015); | [2015] UGSC 14 | 20 Aug 2015 | Flynote: Constitutional Law Constitutional Interpretation Have his cause heard (fair trial) HR... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Arinaitwe VS Attorney General (CIVIL SUIT NO.164 OF 2011) [2015] UGHCCD 97 (30 September 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 97 | 30 Sep 2015 | Flynote: HR Military service Liberty Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-97.doc... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Cowe(u) & anor v Attorney General (HCT-00-CV-CS-O194-2004) [2015] UGHCCD 78 (18 September 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 78 | 18 Sep 2015 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Cowe(u) & anor v Attorney General (HCT-00-CV-CS-O194-2004) [2015] UGHCCD 78 (18 September 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 78 | 18 Sep 2015 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Kanyamugule and Anor VS Attorney General and 3 Ors (CIVIL SUIT NO.285 OF 2011) [2015] UGHCCD 98 (30 September 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 98 | 30 Sep 2015 | Flynote: HR Sexual and reproductive health Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-98.... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Kanyamugule and Anor VS Attorney General and 3 Ors (CIVIL SUIT NO.285 OF 2011) [2015] UGHCCD 98 (30 September 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 98 | 30 Sep 2015 | Flynote: HR Sexual and reproductive health Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-98.... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Sozi Vs The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (CIVIL SUIT NO.063 OF 2012) [2015] UGHCCD 65 (27 August 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 65 | 27 Aug 2015 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Wekesa v Attorney (CIVIL SUIT NO. 130 OF 2008) [2015] UGHCCD 118 (6 October 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 118 | 06 Oct 2015 | Flynote: HR Disabled people Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-118.docx THE... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Isabirye Vs The Board Of Governors Nkuutu Memorial SSS & Anor (MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. 034 OF 2012) [2015] UGHCCD 125 (27 March 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 125 | 27 Mar 2015 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA IN THE HIGH... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Namuganza Vs Iganga District Local Government (MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. 005 OF 2015) [2015] UGHCCD 154 (19 August 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 154 | 19 Aug 2015 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Mukasa Vs National Resistance Movement & Anor (MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. 069 OF 2015) [2015] UGHCCD 162 (18 December 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 162 | 18 Dec 2015 | Flynote: HR Participate in government Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-162.docx... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | The Registered Trustees Of The Pentacostal Assembly & Anor Vs Igga Anyi & 14 Ors (HCT – 08 – CV – CA – 0029 – 2011) [2015] UGHCCD 172 (2 October 2015); | [2015] UGHCCD 172 | 02 Oct 2015 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2015-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Nilefos Minerals Limited v Attorney General & Anor (MISC. CAUSE No. 0184 OF 2014) [2016] UGHCCD 10 (29 February 2016); | [2016] UGHCCD 10 | 29 Feb 2016 | Flynote: HR Disposal of wealth and natural resources Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Sekikubo & Ors v Attorney General (MISC. CAUSE NO. 092 OF 2015) [2016] UGHCCD 26 (4 April 2016); | [2016] UGHCCD 26 | 04 Apr 2016 | Flynote: Equality before the law and equal protection of the law Have his cause heard (fair trial... |
| Supreme Court of Uganda | Twagira Vs Attorney General (CONSTITUTIONAL PETITION NO. 7 OF 2005) [2006] UGCC 5 (31 October 2006); | [2006] UGCC 5 | 31 Oct 2006 | Flynote: Constitutional Law Constitutional Interpretation Have his cause heard (fair trial) HR... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Nasaka v Attorney General & Anor (MISC. CAUSE NO. 0179 OF 2015) [2016] UGHCCD 40 (27 June 2016); | [2016] UGHCCD 40 | 27 Jun 2016 | Flynote: Movement and residence HR Search Summary: This was an appeal for orders that the order... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Busuulwa v National Social Security Fund & 2 Ors (HCT-00-CV-MA-0116-2016) [2016] UGHCCD 41 (31 May 2016); | [2016] UGHCCD 41 | 31 May 2016 | Flynote: Equality before the law and equal protection of the law HR Search Summary: This was an... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Akankwasa v Attorney General (HCT-00-CV-CS-0202-2013) [2016] UGHCCD 42 (15 June 2016); | [2016] UGHCCD 42 | 15 Jun 2016 | Flynote: Constitutional Law Liberty HR Headnote and Holding: The plaintiff, a public officer in... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Mugumya v Attorney General (MISC. CAUSE NO. 0116 OF 2015) [2016] UGHCCD 43 (14 March 2016); | [2016] UGHCCD 43 | 14 Mar 2016 | Flynote: Liberty HR Search Summary: This was an application by Notice of Motion for Judicial... |
| Supreme Court of Uganda | Mugume & 5 Ors Vs Attorney General & Anor (CONSTITUTIONAL APPLICATION NO. 5 OF 2015) [2016] UGCC 8 (26 April 2016); | [2016] UGCC 8 | 26 Apr 2016 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Download: constitutional-court-2016-8.docx... |
| Supreme Court of Uganda | Akampumuza Vs Makerere University Business School & 2 Ors (CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 275 OF 2015) [2016] UGCC 9 (26 April 2016); | [2016] UGCC 9 | 26 Apr 2016 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Download: constitutional-court-2016-9.docx... |
| HC: Civil Division (Uganda) | Ssentongo v Uganda Medical & Dental Practitioners Council & Anor (MISC. CAUSE NO. 128 OF 2016) [2016] UGHCCD 58 (14 October 2016); | [2016] UGHCCD 58 | 14 Oct 2016 | Flynote: HR Have his cause heard (fair trial) Search Summary: Download: hc-civil-division-2016-... |