Assessing Uganda’s realization of LGBTQIA+ rights: a case study of sexual and reproductive health rights under the Anti-Homosexuality Act

Abstract

This dissertation explores the intersection of Uganda’s anti-homosexuality legislation and the right to health, focusing on its implications on sexual and reproductive healthcare access. The right to health is a fundamental human right guaranteed to all individuals, irrespective of their social, legal, or economic status. Even individuals in prison, though believed to be wrongdoers with their right to liberty, assembly, association, expression among others are restricted, they remain entitled to medical care. For as long as an individual exists, they remain entitled to access sexual and reproductive health care.