Adrian Jjuuko
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Adrian Jjuuko[edit]
Background[edit]
Adrian Jjuuko is a Lawyer and advocate, an Executive Director, Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF), Uganda which is a human rights NGO providing legal aid services to marginalised groups[1][2]. He was also the coordinator of the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law Uganda for the period 2010–2011.
Education[edit]
He got a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Pretoria, an LLB degree from Makerere University Kampala, Uganda, and a postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, Kampala[3].
Career[edit]
He documents cases of violations of the rights of LGBTI persons[4].
LGBT human rights advocacy[edit]
Adrian Jjuuko is the leading African LGBT+ activist. He also does authoritative surveys of expanded criminalisation such as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex by states across the African continent[5].
Achievements[edit]
Adrian Jjuko won the US State Department’s Human Rights Defenders Award 2011[6]. He challenged the Anti Homosexuality Act, 2014 in Uganda’s Constitutional Court. He has written literature too about human rights[7][8].
References[edit]
- ↑ Lennox, Corinne; Waites, Matthew, eds. (2013-05-30). Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change. University of London Institute of Commonwealth Studies. doi:10.14296/518.9781912250134. ISBN 978-1-912250-13-4. Search this book on
- ↑ Nicol, Nancy, ed. (2018-09-01). Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights: (Neo)colonialism, Neoliberalism, Resistance and Hope. Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study, University of London. doi:10.14296/818.9780993110283. ISBN 978-0-9931102-8-3. Search this book on
- ↑ "Adrian Jjuuko". Centre on Law and Social Transformation. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ↑ "documenting-womens-rights-violations-by-nonstate-actors-171-pp". Human Rights Documents online. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ↑ Nicol, Nancy, ed. (2018-09-01). Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights: (Neo)colonialism, Neoliberalism, Resistance and Hope. Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study, University of London. doi:10.14296/818.9780993110283. ISBN 978-0-9931102-8-3. Search this book on
- ↑ Lennox, Corinne; Waites, Matthew, eds. (2013-05-30). Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change. University of London Institute of Commonwealth Studies. doi:10.14296/518.9781912250134. ISBN 978-1-912250-13-4. Search this book on
- ↑ "Strategic litigation and the struggle for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual equality in Africa". DarajaPress. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ↑ "Queer lawfare in Africa: Legal strategies in contexts of LGBTIQ+ criminalisation and politicisation". www.pulp.up.ac.za. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
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