![Explainer: Why Did Uganda’s Second-Highest Court Uphold the Death Penalty for ‘Aggravated Homosexuality?’](https://www.jurist.org/features/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/lgbt_flag_1712175948.jpg)
Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld most provisions of controversial legislation that imposes a sentence of death by hanging against individuals convicted of “aggravated homosexuality.” In upholding the Anti-Homosexuality Act, the court maintained that though the country’s penal code is “undoubtedly … considered to be a relic from the country’s colonial past,” the bill’s overwhelming [...]