Julia Sebutinde
Julia Sebutinde, born in Central Uganda, is currently serving as a judge on the International Court of Justice.
| Julia Sebutinde | |
|---|---|
| Judge at the International Court of Justice | |
| Incumbent
February 2012 – | |
| Judge at the Special Court for Sierra Leone | |
| In office
2005 - 2011 | |
| Adviser to the Namibian government on legal matters | |
| In office
1991 - 1996 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1954 (age 60)
Entebbe, Uganda |
| Alma mater | Makerere University |
| Profession | Jurist |
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Political Career[edit]
Julia Sebutinde first worked in the Ministry of Justice in the Government of Uganda from 1978 until 1990. 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. 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. 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. 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.
Education[edit]
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.
Notable work[edit]
She was the first African woman to sit on the World Court.
Awards[edit]
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.
