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This report details the aftermath of the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) by the Ugandan Parliament in December 2013. It outlines the persecution of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community in Uganda in the immediate period following the passing of the Act.

In 2014, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted Resolution 275 which sought to protect LGBTI people from human rights violations. The resolution is titled, ‘Resolution on the Protection against Violence and other Human Rights Violations against Persons on the Basis of their Real or Imputed Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity’.

This briefing note, prepared by the Human Dignity Trust, analyses Russia’s 2013 law ‘On the Protection of Children From Information Liable to be Injurious to their Health and Development’, commonly known as the Anti-Propaganda Law.

In 2014, the judgment of the Supreme Court of India recognised the constitutional rights of transgender people to equality before law, to non-discrimination, to equality of opportunity, to freedom of expression and to life and personal liberty.

On 24 February 2014, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed his assent to the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014 (AHA), passed by the Ugandan Parliament on 20 December 2013. This is the Human Dignity Trust's briefing on the Anti-Homosexuality Act.

A report produced by Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) debunking the myths that have led to the passing the Anti-Homosexuality Bill at the Parliament of Uganda in 2014, showing evidence that homophobia, not homosexuality, is the Western import to Uganda.