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Ruling - Constitutional Application No. 26 of 2018 (SGBV Application)
This morning, we received a positive ruling in Constitutional Application No. 26 of 2018;
Brief Background
In 2018, CEHURD, Nnamala Mary & Kakeeto Simon filed Consitutional Application No. 26 of 2018 against the Attorney General seeking an order from Court to redact the identity of the deponents to affidavits sharing experiences of sexual violence by using initials of their names instead of the full names for purposes of the SGBV Petition. This application was intended to protect the survivors of sexual violence from stigma associated with sexual violence among other reasons.
This application arose from the SGBV Petition - CEHURD, Nnamala Mary & Kakeeto Simon V. Attorney General Constitutional Petition No. 29 of 2018 which was filed challenging the inconsistencies in some Sections of the Penal Code Act in so far as they provide different punishments for female survivors of sexual violence and the omission of government to put in place shelters to provide psychosocial support to survivors of sexual violence.
Hearing of the matter
The application came up for hearing in October 2022 and we presented our arguments before Court and the Attorney General did not object to our application. After the hearing, the matter was adjourned for ruling on the notice.
The Ruling
This morning, we received a positive ruling from Court. The Court allowed our application for redaction of the names of the survivors of violence and provided guidance on how it should be done.
Please find attached the Ruling for your reference.