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Article

4 Mar 2014

Author:
Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights & Constitutional Law, in Pambazuka News

Supporting the LGBTI struggle in Uganda

Unfortunately, despite the intensive work that has been done since 2009 to stop the passage of this draconian bill into law...[we] now have to work with the reality of the Anti-Homosexuality Act (2014). These guidelines are intended to all our partners on how to support the CSCHRCL in this new context:...Call on multinational companies that have businesses in Uganda to go public about their concerns on the Act and their future economic engagements in Uganda. For example Heineken, KLM, British Airways, Turkish Airlines, Barclays Bank, and other companies with important interests in Uganda and that already respect and value LGBT rights in their own internal policies, should note the risk that these laws pose for the safety of their own employees, as well as the impact on their brand image of continuing to do business in Uganda.