BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute and the Law in World Affairs series pres ents Busingye Kabumba\, director of the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HUR IPEC)\, and senior lecturer in law at Makerere University.\nThe American e xperiment in democracy has long inspired and influenced a number of jurisd ictions around the world\, including Uganda. The decisions of U.S. courts\ , particularly the Supreme Court\, are often cited by Ugandan courts—with mainly positive results. It is thus appropriate to analyze the 2024 decisi on of the Ugandan Constitutional Court in Hon. Fox Odoi and Others v Attor ney General\, which broadly upheld the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023\, wi thin the prism of one of America’s most infamous decisions—the 1857 case o f Dred Scott v Sandford. This comparison is additionally invited by the Ug andan judiciary itself which\, in a press release announcing Fox Odoi\, ex pressly cited the 2022 decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organiza tion. It is in this context\, and in light of the surprising parallels bet ween Fox Odoi and Dred Scott\, that the Ugandan decision (currently on app eal to the Supreme Court) will be analyzed.\nBusingye Kabumba Ph.D. is dir ector of the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC)\, and senior lecturer in law at Makerere University\, where he has taught Public Law for over 1 5 years. He has been recognized by the Supreme Court of Uganda as being wi dely researched and highly experienced with regard to constitutionalism\, human rights and good governance. He has litigated ground-breaking cases b efore the Constitutional Court of Uganda\, and his published work has been cited by the High Court in a number of cases. His main current research e nquiry is the relationship between power and vulnerability. E-mail: busing ye.kabumba@mak.ac.ug DTEND:20241021T180500Z DTSTAMP:20260511T021251Z DTSTART:20241021T164500Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Analyzing Parallels Between Uganda and US Law in the Context of the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 UID:RFCALITEM639140479713580716 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute and the Law in World Affairs series presents Busingye Kabumba\, director of the Human Rights a nd Peace Centre (HURIPEC)\, and senior lecturer in law at Makerere Univers ity.\n

The American experiment in democracy has long inspired and in fluenced a number of jurisdictions around the world\, including Uganda. Th e decisions of U.S. courts\, particularly the Supreme Court\, are often ci ted by Ugandan courts—with mainly positive results. It is thus appropriate to analyze the 2024 decision of the Ugandan Constitutional Court in Hon. Fox Odoi and Others v Attorney General\, which broadly upheld the Anti-Hom osexuality Act of 2023\, within the prism of one of America’s most infamou s decisions—the 1857 case of Dred Scott v Sandford. This comparison is add itionally invited by the Ugandan judiciary itself which\, in a press relea se announcing Fox Odoi\, expressly cited the 2022 decision in Dobbs v Jack son Women’s Health Organization. It is in this context\, and in light of t he surprising parallels between Fox Odoi and Dred Scott\, that the Ugandan decision (currently on appeal to the Supreme Court) will be analyzed.\n

Busingye Kabumba Ph.D. is director of the Human Rights and Peace Cent re (HURIPEC)\, and senior lecturer in law at Makerere University\, where h e has taught Public Law for over 15 years. He has been recognized by the S upreme Court of Uganda as being widely researched and highly experienced w ith regard to constitutionalism\, human rights and good governance. He has litigated ground-breaking cases before the Constitutional Court of Uganda \, and his published work has been cited by the High Court in a number of cases. His main current research enquiry is the relationship between power and vulnerability. E-mail: busingye.kabumba@mak.ac.ug

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