Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Uganda. The death penalty was likely last carried out in 1999, although some sources say the last execution in Uganda took place in 2005. Regardless, Uganda is interchangeably considered a retentionist state with regard to capital punishment, due to absence of "an established practice or policy against carrying out executions,"[1] as well as a de facto abolitionist state due to the lack of any executions for over one decade.[2]
Uganda has taken recent steps towards abolition, such as several measures to abolish the mandatory death penalty; however, they have also taken recent steps towards expanding the death penalty, such as their 2023 bill prescribing the death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality.'
- ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Uganda and the Death Penalty". Parliamentarians for Global Action. Archived from the original on 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
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