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African Women in International Courts

Highlighting the trailblazing African women serving on international and regional courts and tribunals. This series honors their contributions to global justice and their role in shaping international legal norms.

Elizabeth Gwaunza

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

ZIMBABWE

Elizabeth Ibanda Nahamya

International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT)

UGANDA

Elsie Nwanwuri Thompson

African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACtHPR)

NIGERIA

Emily R. Kayitesi

East African Court of Justice (EACJ)

RWANDA

Fatoumata Dembele Diarra

International Criminal Court (ICC)

MALI

Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

ZAMBIA

Hansine N. Donli

ECOWAS Court of Justice

NIGERIA

Hortense Rabenjarivelo

Common Court for Eastern & Southern Africa (COMESA)

MADAGASCAR

Imani Daud Aboud

African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACtHPR)

TANZANIA

Januária Tavares Silva Moreira Costa

ECOWAS Court of Justice

CAPE VERDE

Joyce Aluoch

International Criminal Court (ICC)

KENYA

Julia Sebutinde

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

UGANDA

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