Judiciary of Uganda

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branch of government judiciary

The Judiciary of Uganda is the independent branch of government responsible for interpreting and applying the law, administering justice, and upholding the constitution within Uganda’s legal system.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Judiciary of Uganda canonical 2
Ugandan judiciary 1
courts of Uganda 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForJudges President of Uganda ⓘ
branchOf Government of Uganda ⓘ
budgetSource Government of Uganda ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
surface form: Chapter Eight of the Constitution of Uganda
constitutionalStatus independent branch of government ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
currentChiefJustice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo ⓘ
foundation Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
guarantee judicial independence ⓘ
security of tenure for judges ⓘ
handles civil cases ⓘ
constitutional petitions ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
electoral disputes ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of Uganda ⓘ
highestCourt Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
includesCourt Anti-Corruption Branch ⓘ
surface form: Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court

magistrates’ courts ⓘ
surface form: Chief Magistrates Courts

Civil Division of the High Court ⓘ
Commercial Division of the High Court ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Uganda ⓘ
surface form: Constitutional Court of Uganda

Court of Appeal of Uganda ⓘ
Criminal Division of the High Court ⓘ
Family Division of the High Court ⓘ
High Court of Uganda ⓘ
Land Division of the High Court ⓘ
Local Council Courts ⓘ
Magistrates Grade I Courts ⓘ
Magistrates Grade II Courts ⓘ
Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
judicialAppointmentsBody Judicial Service Commission of Uganda ⓘ
jurisdiction Uganda ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
customary law elements ⓘ
locationCountry Uganda ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
oversees administration of justice in Uganda ⓘ
role administering justice ⓘ
applying the law ⓘ
ensuring rule of law ⓘ
interpreting the law ⓘ
protecting human rights ⓘ
resolving disputes ⓘ
upholding the Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
seat Kampala ⓘ
supervises lower courts in Uganda ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Uganda → judicialBranch → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Constitution of Uganda → establishes → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
English in Uganda → usedIn → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ugandan judiciary
Acts of Parliament of Uganda → bindingOn → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: judiciary of Uganda
Acts of Parliament of Uganda → interpretedBy → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: courts of Uganda