Does Uganda use jury trials?
Jury trials used
Jury trials are used in the US for determining facts and reaching verdicts in criminal cases.
Uganda is one of 9 countries classified “Jury trials used” for jury trials — 31% of the 29 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Jury trial
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- South Africa
- Not used Jury system abolished in 1969, last trial heard in 1969, no current jury trials.
- Greece
- Jury trials used Jury trials were a regular part of the ancient Greek justice system, with large citizen juries deciding facts in serious cases.
- Italy
- Limited use / mixed courts Italy uses a court system with laypersons for serious crimes like murder, not general jury trials.
- Hungary
- Limited use / mixed courts Hungary uses a mixed court system with lay judges for specific cases rather than traditional jury trials.
- Ukraine
- Limited use / mixed courts Jury trials allowed for life imprisonment cases, but rarely used, with jury members pre-selected.
- Austria
- Limited use / mixed courts Austria uses jury trials in serious criminal cases, similar to other European civil law jurisdictions.
Other laws in Uganda
- Death Penalty
- Retained / in use
- School Corporal Punishment
- Legal
- Military Conscription
- No conscription
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.