Constitution of Uganda

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legal document national constitution

The Constitution of Uganda is the supreme law that defines the country’s political framework, fundamental rights, and structure of government.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Constitution of Uganda canonical 8
1995 Constitution of Uganda 3
Constitution of the Republic of Uganda 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal document ⓘ
national constitution ⓘ
adoptedBy Constituent Assembly of Uganda ⓘ
adoptedOn 1995-10-08 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
surface form: 1995 Constitution of Uganda
basisFor all other laws in Uganda ⓘ
bindingOn all persons and authorities in Uganda ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1995-10-08 ⓘ
contains Bill of Rights ⓘ
National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy ⓘ
Preamble ⓘ
provisions on amendment of the Constitution ⓘ
provisions on citizenship ⓘ
provisions on decentralization ⓘ
provisions on electoral system ⓘ
provisions on human rights enforcement ⓘ
provisions on land ownership ⓘ
provisions on local governments ⓘ
provisions on political parties ⓘ
provisions on public finance ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
defines political framework of Uganda ⓘ
structure of government of Uganda ⓘ
empowers Parliament of Uganda to make laws ⓘ
President of Uganda as Head of Government ⓘ
President of Uganda as Head of State ⓘ
establishes Cabinet of Uganda ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Uganda ⓘ
surface form: Constitutional Court of Uganda

Government of Uganda ⓘ
surface form: Executive branch of Uganda

High Court of Uganda ⓘ
Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
surface form: Legislature of Uganda

State House of Uganda ⓘ
surface form: Office of the President of Uganda

Parliament of Uganda ⓘ
Supreme Court of Uganda ⓘ
guarantees fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law ⓘ
precededBy Constitution of Uganda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1967 Constitution of Uganda
recognizes multiparty political system ⓘ
traditional or cultural leaders subject to the Constitution ⓘ
requires independence of the judiciary ⓘ
regular elections ⓘ
respect for human rights ⓘ
subjectTo constitutional amendments ⓘ
supremeLawOf Uganda ⓘ
territorialExtent entire territory of Uganda ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Government of Uganda → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
President of Uganda → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
Parliament of Uganda → legalFoundation → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995
Judiciary of Uganda → foundation → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
Judiciary of Uganda → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chapter Eight of the Constitution of Uganda
Cabinet of Uganda → legalBasis → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
Constitution of Uganda → precededBy → Constitution of Uganda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1967 Constitution of Uganda
Constitution of Uganda → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1995 Constitution of Uganda
State House of Uganda → governingLaw → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces → legalBasis → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
Milton Obote → notableWork → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1966 Ugandan constitution ("Pigeonhole Constitution")
Electoral Commission of Uganda → legalBasis → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Uganda
1996 Ugandan presidential election → constitutionInForce → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1995 Constitution of Uganda
2001 Ugandan presidential election → constitutionalFramework → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1995 Constitution of Uganda
2011 Ugandan general election → legalFramework → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
Parliamentary Building, Kampala → associatedWith → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
11th Parliament → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
subject surface form: 11th Parliament of Uganda
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995
Speaker of Parliament → legalBasis → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
subject surface form: Speaker of Parliament of Uganda
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Uganda
Acts of Parliament of Uganda → subordinateTo → Constitution of Uganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Uganda