Following months of preparations, the long-awaited joint appeal to the Supreme Court of Uganda against the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) was formally lodged on July 11 by 22 parties who were dissatisfied with the Constitutional Court ruling that upheld AHA in April. Although the Constitutional Court nullified a few sections that it said were inconsistent with rights to health, privacy, and freedom of religion, the judges allowed the bulk of the law to stand, claiming that it was enacted to protect the children and the most vulnerable people in society. The 22 appellants, who include Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF), lawmaker Fox Odoi, and journalist Andrew Mwenda, challenge the manner in which the Constitutional Court evaluated the evidence before it and based its reasoning on unsubstantiated allegations like recruitment of children and promotion of homosexuality.