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Uganda's Constitutional Court rejects a bid to overturn a controversial anti-gay law that is considered one of the toughest in the world. "We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant a permanent injunction against its enforcement," Justice Richard Buteera, Uganda's deputy chief justice and head of the court, says in the landmark ruling. IMAGES
Eleven judges of the Israeli Supreme Court enter the court room at the beginning of petition hearing on an amendment to one of Israel's Basic Laws, the country's quasi-constitution, specifying the conditions for temporary removal of a prime minister, or the so-called "incapacitation law". Critics have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to use the reforms to quash possible judgements against him, an accusation he rejects. IMAGES
The UN's highest court rules that a landmark case filed by the Gambia, accusing Myanmar of genocide of minority Rohingya Muslims, can proceed. International Court of Justice president Joan Donoghue declares the tribunal "finds that it has jurisdiction (...) to entertain the application filed by the Republic of the Gambia". SOUNDBITE
Kenya's Supreme Court rules that President Uhuru Kenyatta's bid to change the constitution was illegal, dealing a blow to him and his allies ahead of key elections in August. SOUNDBITE
Demonstrators and police clash in Senegal's capital Dakar ahead of a vote on a contested draft law that would define "seriously disturbing public order" as an act of terrorism. IMAGES
South Africa's top court rules that private and personal cannabis use should be legal in the climax of a case that has pitted officials against marijuana advocates and the judiciary. Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, delivering the Johannesburg-based Constitutional Court's unanimous verdict, said that the law banning marijuana use in private by adults "is unconstitutional and therefore invalid". IMAGES
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