Court Declares Female Circumcision unconstitutional

Uganda Constitutional Court Declares Female Circumcision unconstitutional

Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Thursday declared the practice of female circumcision also known as Female Genital Mutilation as unconstitutional, contending that it abuses the fundamental rights of women. In a ruling that would have been declared as landmark one had the parliament of Uganda not passed a law banning FGM recently, the five justices of […]