IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1324 
Condemning Uganda’s undemocratic human rights regression. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2024 
Mr. TAKANO (for himself, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. RA-
MIREZ, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
MOULTON, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of Cali-
fornia, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, 
Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. BALINT, 
Ms. TLAIB, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 
and Mr. NADLER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning Uganda’s undemocratic human rights 
regression. 
Whereas, since 1986, Uganda has been led by President 
Yoweri Museveni; 
Whereas, according to the United States Department of State 
2023 Human Rights Report, human rights issues in 
Uganda included credible reports of extrajudicial killings, 
forced disappearance, torture by government agencies, se-
rious restrictions on freedom of expression and media, 
censorship, interference with the freedom of peaceful as-
sembly and association, crimes involving violence or 
threats targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 
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queer, or intersex (LGBTQI+) persons, human rights 
defenders, journalists, and other marginalized popu-
lations, and the existence of laws criminalizing consensual 
same-sex sexual conduct between adults; 
Whereas consensual same-sex sexual conduct has been illegal 
in Uganda according to a colonial-era law that criminal-
izes ‘‘carnal knowledge of any person against the order 
of nature’’, carrying a punishment of up to life imprison-
ment; 
Whereas, in December 2013, the Parliament of Uganda 
passed the country’s first Anti-Homosexuality Act that 
broadened the criminalization of consensual same-sex sex-
ual relations and penalties for individuals, companies, 
and nongovernmental organizations that aid, abet, coun-
sel, or procures another to ‘‘engage in acts of homosex-
uality’’; 
Whereas, in 2014, President Yoweri Museveni signed into law 
the Anti-Homosexuality Act; 
Whereas international condemnation was immediate in re-
sponse to the 2014 Ugandan law; 
Whereas the United States issued aid, police, travel, and mili-
tary sanctions against Uganda in response to the Anti- 
Homosexuality Act; 
Whereas the Constitutional Court of Uganda ruled the act in-
valid on procedural grounds; 
Whereas, in March 2023, the Parliament of Uganda intro-
duced and passed a new version of the Anti-Homosex-
uality Act that mirrored the legislation signed into law in 
2014 and introduced the death penalty even for some 
consensual acts; 
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Whereas, in April 2023, President Museveni returned the 
Anti-Homosexuality Act to the Parliament of Uganda for 
unsubstantial revisions; 
Whereas, on May 2, 2023, the Parliament of Uganda passed 
an amended version of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 
which maintained harsh penalties; 
Whereas, on May 26, 2023, President Museveni signed the 
Anti-Homosexuality Act; 
Whereas the Anti-Homosexuality Act includes, among other 
things, life imprisonment for consensual same-sex sexual 
conduct, the death penalty for individuals who commit 
the ‘‘offence of homosexuality’’ under certain cir-
cumstances, and 20 years of imprisonment for the ‘‘pro-
motion of homosexuality,’’ which includes operating an 
organization that ‘‘promotes or encourages homosexuality 
or the observance and normalization of [homosexual] con-
duct’’; 
Whereas, on May 29, 2023, President Biden stated that ‘‘the 
enactment of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act is a trag-
ic violation of universal human rights . . . that jeopard-
izes the prospects of critical economic growth for the en-
tire country’’ and followed that statement by restricting 
Uganda’s trade privileges, enacting new sanctions and 
visa restrictions, reducing direct support to the Govern-
ment of Uganda, and increasing assistance to victims of 
human rights abuse; 
Whereas the joint statement by the leaders of the Global 
Fund, the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, and 
the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 
(PEPFAR) on Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act stated 
that the Anti-Homosexuality Act ‘‘will obstruct health 
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education and the outreach that can help end AIDS as 
a public health threat’’ and that ‘‘LGBTQI+ people in 
Uganda increasingly fear for their safety and security, 
and increasing numbers of people are being discouraged 
from seeking vital health services for fear of attack, pun-
ishment and further marginalization’’; 
Whereas, in August 2023, the World Bank announced that 
it would pause all lending to Uganda, stating that the 
Anti-Homosexuality Act ‘‘fundamentally contradicts the 
World Bank Group’s values,’’ and that their ‘‘vision to 
eradicate poverty on a livable planet can only succeed if 
it includes everyone irrespective of race, gender, or sexu-
ality’’; 
Whereas the Anti-Homosexuality Act has had severe impacts 
on LGBTQI+ Ugandans through its government-sanc-
tioned 
violence, 
societal 
vigilantism, 
and 
further 
marginalization of those perceived or actual LGBTQI+ 
individuals; 
Whereas under the legal enforcement of the Anti-Homosex-
uality Act, which began in September 2023, human 
rights groups on the ground reported a marked uptick 
within the last 8 months in police violence, harassment, 
assault, evictions, job loss, and arrests of LGBTQI+ per-
sons and individuals believed to be LGBTQI+, includ-
ing— 
(1) over 434 cases of evictions; 
(2) 69 arrests; 
(3) 309 cases of violence, including physical violence, 
forced outing, threats, online attacks, police raids, and 
blackmail and extortion; 
(4) 108 cases of violations of an individual’s civil lib-
erties and right to freedom from discrimination, including 
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