Julia Sebutinde: The ICJ Judge who VOTED AGAINST PEACE скачать в хорошем качестве

Julia Sebutinde: The ICJ Judge who VOTED AGAINST PEACE

ICJ Judge Sebutinde voted against emergency measures requested by South Africa against Israel over its war on Gaza. In the anticipated decision, made by a panel of 17 judges, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered six so-called provisional measures to protect Palestinians in Gaza. Those measures were approved by an overwhelming majority of the judges. Even an Israeli judge voted in favour of two of the six. But Uganda’s Judge, Julia Sebuntinde, was the only judge who voted against all of them. HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT JULIA SEBUTINDE First African woman to sit on the ICJ Sebutinde, a Ugandan judge currently serving her second term at the ICJ, was born in February 1954. Since March 2021, she has presided over the court as a judge. She is the first female African-American judge to serve on a global court. Sebutinde was born into a low-income family amid Uganda's active struggle for independence from British colonial rule, according to the Institute for African Women in Law. Sebutinde went to Entebbe, Uganda's Lake Victoria Primary School. She attended Gayaza High School after completing elementary school. Later, she continued her education at Makerere University, where she graduated in 1977 at the age of 23 with a bachelor's degree in law. Later, as part of her study, she traveled to Scotland in 1990 at the age of 36, where she graduated with honors from the University of Edinburgh with a master's in law. She was awarded a doctorate of laws by the same university in 2009 in recognition of her services to the legal and judicial fields. Thank you for watching ‪@AfroLiberty‬ . Kindly show us Africa is Watching by Liking, Subscribing, and Sharing this video with friends and family. Thank you! south africa genocide case against israel, icj ruling israel,