Judiciary of Uganda

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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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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForJudges President of Uganda ⓘ
branchOf Government of Uganda ⓘ
budgetSource Government of Uganda ⓘ
constitutionalArticle 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 Division of the High Court ⓘ
Chief Magistrates Courts ⓘ
Civil Division of the High Court ⓘ
Commercial Division of the High Court ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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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 → Ugandan judiciary ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Uganda
Acts of Parliament of Uganda → bindingOn → judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Uganda
Acts of Parliament of Uganda → interpretedBy → courts of Uganda ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Uganda
Chief Justice of Uganda → heads → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Chief Justice of Uganda → branchOfGovernment → Judicial branch of Uganda ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Uganda
Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo → employer → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo → memberOf → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo → heads → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Supreme Court of Uganda → partOf → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Magistrates Grade II Courts → partOf → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Local Council Courts (Uganda) → partOf → Uganda justice system ⓘ
subject linked to: Local Council Courts
linked to: Judiciary of Uganda
Criminal Division of the High Court → overseenBy → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Civil Division of the High Court → belongsTo → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Uganda Prisons Service → collaboratesWith → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Office of the President (Uganda) → worksWith → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Uganda → branchOfGovernment → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Uganda → partOf → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
High Court of Uganda → isPartOf → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
High Court of Uganda → hasCategory → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Minister of Justice of Uganda → worksWith → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Simon Byabakama → employer → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ
Simon Byabakama → memberOf → Uganda Judiciary ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Uganda
Uganda Gazette → relatedTo → Judiciary of Uganda ⓘ