The Presidency of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has assigned Justice Solomy Balungi Bossa to serve in the court's Appeal Chambers.

The Appeal Chambers is tasked with reviewing decisions at an appellate level, which includes judgments and sentencing decisions, and it holds the authority to order a new trial if deemed necessary.

Prior to her appointment to the ICC, Bossa held the position of Court of Appeal Judge in Uganda, which also encompassed responsibilities within the Constitutional Court.

The ICC presidency assigned Bossa to the Appeal Division alongside other Judges Tomoko Akane, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, Gocha Lordkipanidze and Erdenebalsuren Damdin.

According to the statement issued on March 8, 2024, the Trial Division is composed of judges Kimberly Prost, Joanna Korner, Miatta Maria Samba, Althea Violet Alexis-Windsor, Keebong Paek, Nicolas Guillou, and Beti Hohler.

The Pre-Trial Division will consist of Judges Rosario Salvatore Aitala, Reine Alapini-Gansou, María del Socorro Flores Liera, Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godínez, Iulia Motoc and Haykel Ben-Mahfoudh.

“The situations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo I; the Democratic Republic of the Congo II; Libya; the Republic of Mali; the Gabonese Republic; Registered Vessels of Comoros, Greece and Cambodia; Palestine; the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; the Plurinational State of Bolivia; Georgia; the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela I; the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela II and the Republic of Philippines will be assigned to Pre-Trial Chamber I, to be composed of Judges Reine Alapini-Gansou, María del Socorro Flores Liera and Iulia Motoc,” the statement reads.

The statement further specifies that the situation in the Central African Republic will also be handled by a different set of judges.

“The situations in the Central African Republic I; the Central African Republic II; Darfur; the Republic of the Sudan; the Republic of Kenya; the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire; the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; the Republic of Burundi and Ukraine will be assigned to Pre-Trial Chamber II, to be composed of Judges Rosario Salvatore Aitala, Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godínez and Haykel Ben-Mahfoudh.

 The situation in the Republic of Uganda will be assigned to Pre-Trial Chamber III, to be composed of Judges Althea Violet Alexis-Windsor, Iulia Motoc and Haykel Ben-Mahfoudh,” the statement reads.