Ugandan judge on Rwanda tribunal
Dec 16, 2002
The UN Security Council has approved a former Ugandan judge and legal expert, Francis Ssekandi, as a judge for the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), mandated to try genocide suspects
By John Kakande
THE UN Security Council has approved a former Ugandan judge and legal expert, Francis Ssekandi, as a judge for the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), mandated to try genocide suspects.
A UN statement yesterday said Ssekandi was among 23 judges approved by the council on Friday for the ICTR in Arusha, Tanzania.
Ssekandi and other nominees were listed in the council resolution 1449 (2002), which was unanimously adopted.
Ssekandi, currently at the Columbia Law School, USA, worked as a Uganda High Court judge and as a Justice of the Uganda Court of Appeal between 1974 and 1979.
He also practised and taught law in the USA. He was deputy director of the General Legal Division at the United Nations from 1989 to 1997.
Ssekandi has also published literature on law and development, human rights and good governance. He taught African law, international law, international trade, jurisprudence and criminal law and procedure in several US universities.
The list of nominees will be sent to the UN General Assembly for approval, the statement said.
African judges include Kocou Aresene (Benin), Frederick Mwela (Zambia), Michel Mahouve (Cameroon), Matanzima Maqutu (Lesotho) and William Hussoin Sekule (Tanzania).
THE UN Security Council has approved a former Ugandan judge and legal expert, Francis Ssekandi, as a judge for the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), mandated to try genocide suspects.
A UN statement yesterday said Ssekandi was among 23 judges approved by the council on Friday for the ICTR in Arusha, Tanzania.
Ssekandi and other nominees were listed in the council resolution 1449 (2002), which was unanimously adopted.
Ssekandi, currently at the Columbia Law School, USA, worked as a Uganda High Court judge and as a Justice of the Uganda Court of Appeal between 1974 and 1979.
He also practised and taught law in the USA. He was deputy director of the General Legal Division at the United Nations from 1989 to 1997.
Ssekandi has also published literature on law and development, human rights and good governance. He taught African law, international law, international trade, jurisprudence and criminal law and procedure in several US universities.
The list of nominees will be sent to the UN General Assembly for approval, the statement said.
African judges include Kocou Aresene (Benin), Frederick Mwela (Zambia), Michel Mahouve (Cameroon), Matanzima Maqutu (Lesotho) and William Hussoin Sekule (Tanzania).