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| − | Julia Sebutinde, born in Central Uganda, is currently serving as a judge on the International Court of Justice. | + | Julia Sebutinde has over thirty years of experience as a highly-accomplished Judge at the national and international levels. She is currently serving as a judge on the International Court of Justice (ICJ), since March 2012, the first African woman to sit on the World Court. Prior to being elected to the ICJ, Sebutinde was a judge of the Special Court for Sierra Leone since 2007. |
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| + | == Professional Career == |
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| − | ! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Judge at the International Court of Justice
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| − | 2005 - 2011
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| − | ! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Adviser to the Namibian government on legal matters
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| − | 1991 - 1996
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| − | ! style="text-align:left;" | Born
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| − | | 28 February 1954 (age 60)
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| − | Entebbe, Uganda
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| − | | Makerere University
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| − | | Jurist
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| − | == Political Career ==
| + | She worked for the Principal State Attorney and Parliamentary Counsel for the Ugandan Ministry of Justice from 1978 to 1990, where she drafted and published numerous legislations for the Ugandan government and participated in the transformation of Bills into Statutes through the parliamentary process. From 1991 to 2002, she worked for the Commonwealth Legislative Consultant for the newly independent Republic of Namibia, the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Corruption in the Uganda Revenue Authority, Commission of Inquiry into the Ugandan People’s Defence Forces and the Commission of Inquiry into Corruption into Ugandan Police Force in numerous capacities. Presently, Judge Sebutinde is a judge for the International Court of Justice. She is also a Judge of the High Court of Uganda, holding that position since 1996. She worked extensively in implementing major reforms in combating reforms for the Ugandan Government from 1999 to 2004. In addition, she is credited with overhauling and replacing Namibia’s Apartheid Laws and trains Namibian legislative drafters from 1991 to 1996. |
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| − | Julia Sebutinde first worked in the Ministry of Justice in the Government of Uganda from 1978 until 1990.
| + | == Education == |
| − | in 1991, she worked in the Ministry of the Commonwealth in the United Kingdom. She later joined the Ministry of Justice in the Republic of Namibia, which had just attained Independence at that time. In 1996, she was appointed Judge of the High Court of Uganda.
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| − | In 2005 Justice Julia Sebutinde was appointed, with secondment from the Uganda government, to the Special Court on Sierra Leone, established by the United Nations. She was later appointed the Presiding Judge in Courtroom II.
| + | She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from Makerere University in Uganda in 1977. In 1990, she obtained a Masters of Laws Degree with Distinction (LL.M) from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. was awarded a Doctorate of Laws honoris causa from the University of Edinburgh in 2009. |
| − | In the ICJ judges election, 2011, Sebutinde was one of eight candidates for five vacant judicial seats on the International Court of Justice, having been nominated by the national groups of Croatia, Denmark, and Uganda in the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
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| − | Prior to being elected to the ICJ, Sebutinde was a judge of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. She was appointed to that position in 2007.
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| − | == Education == | |
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| − | Julia Sebutinde attended Lake Victoria Primary School in Entebbe in the 1960s.[3] She then joined Gayaza High School and later, King's College Budo, before entering Makerere University, to study law. Julia Sebutinde graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 1977. She obtained the Diploma in Legal Practice, from the Law Development Center in Kampala, in 1978. In 1990, she enrolled in the University of Edinburgh for the degree of Master of Laws (LLM), graduating in 1991.
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| − | == Notable work ==
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| − | She was the first African woman to sit on the World Court.
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| | == Awards == | | == Awards == |
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| | Judge Sebuntinde has received numerous national and international awards for her excellent service, in both the legislative and judicial fields. | | Judge Sebuntinde has received numerous national and international awards for her excellent service, in both the legislative and judicial fields. |
| − | In 2009, in recognition of her body of work and contribution to International justice, she was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD), by the University of Edinburgh.
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| − | == Further information ==
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| − | [http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?julia-sebutinde%20 A lecture by Julia Sebutinde - “The Role of the International Court of Justice in Promoting Global Peace and Justice”, The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Cetinje, Montenegro, July 8th to 10th, 2014]
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| − | == External links == | + | == Learn More == |
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| − | [http://www.icj-cij.org/court/?p1=1&p2=2&p3=1&judge=194 International Court of Justice] | + | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GovlnKXwWXc "The Role of the ICJ in Promoting Global Peace and Justice"] |
