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    The Effect of Criminalizing Prostitution on the Enjoyment of Human Rights in Uganda
    (Uganda Christian University, 2024-05-11) Lynn Katana
    This research explores the effect of criminalizing prostitution on the enjoyment of human rights in Uganda. Prostitution is prohibited under the Penal Code Act of Uganda and rather than eradicate the sex work industry, the law has pushed it underground where it is vulnerable to human rights violation. The research is majorly desktop work with findings derived from human rights reports, news reports, and academic research on human rights violations of sex workers in Uganda in relation to status quo around the world. These rights being violated range from the right to be free from discrimination, the right to work, the right to freedom of association and the right to privacy as provided for under the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda. The research calls for the reevaluation of the laws criminalizing prostitution and further suggests that it is best to adopt the policy of decriminalizing prostitution as the country would be in a better position to address the human rights violations against the people involved in the practice. This study contributes to the ongoing discourse on the decriminalization of sex work in Uganda and its potential to improve the human rights situation of sex workers. It calls for a reevaluation of existing laws and policies affecting sex workers and advocates for a human rights-based approach to sex work in Uganda.