SECTOR 1 At the time of the panel meeting, 19 journalists had criminal charges pending against them before the courts with some facing more than one. These charges range from sedition, criminal libel, promoting sectarianism, to incitement of violence and forgery. Between 2007 and February 2010, 34 journalists had been summoned by the authorities on matters related to their work and 25 were charged. The constitutionality of a number of the laws under which the journalists are charged is being challenged in the Constitutional Court and in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is the highest appellate court on all matters, including constitutional ones. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator. 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 1.3 (2007: 1.5) 1.4 Government makes every effort to honour regional and international instruments on freedom of expression and the media. Analysis: Some of the regional and international instruments on freedom of expression and the media, relevant for Uganda, are: Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 19 says: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Article 19 states: AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER UGANDA 2010 19