Julia Sebutinde | |
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Vice President of the International Court of Justice | |
Assumed office 6 February 2024 | |
President | Nawaf Salam |
Preceded by | Kirill Gevorgian |
Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
Assumed office 6 February 2012 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Koroma |
Personal details | |
Born | Kampala, British Uganda | 28 February 1954
Spouse | John Bagunywa Sebutinde |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Makerere University (LLB) Law Development Centre (Diploma) University of Edinburgh (LLM) |
Julia Sebutinde (born 28 February 1954) is a Ugandan jurist. She is currently serving her second term on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) following her re-election on 12 November 2020.[1] She also is the current chancellor of Muteesa I Royal University, a university owned by Buganda kingdom. She has been a judge on the court since March 2012. She is the first African woman to sit on the ICJ.[2][3] Before being elected to the ICJ, Sebutinde was a judge of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. She was appointed to that position in 2007.
On 6 February 2024, Julia Sebutinde was elected Vice-President of the International Court of Justice.[4]